held up, not much room and faltered on bend just over 5f out, ridden over 2f out, effort entering final furlong, went 4th post
awkward start, held up towards rear, pushed along on outside over 2f out, headway over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, no impression on winner
made virtually all, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well, comfortably
tracked leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, driven over 1f out, kept on, no impression
held up in rear, not much room over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, never on terms
led early, chased winner until ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace
held up, outpaced over 2f out, no impression
Matterhorn is arguably better over 1m2f as he showed when runner-up in the Group 2 Huxley at Chester last month. Winning handicapper New Graduate tries his luck in Pattern company having struggled in soft ground in the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot last time along with ZHUI FENG. The latter beat Oh This Is Us on a faster surface when winning this contest last year and Amanda Perrett’s charge is taken to confirm superiority and stage a repeat. Khafoo Shememi has a bit to find with Oh This Is Us on running here last May and has his first start since while Arbalet has plenty to prove over this longer trip judged on previous efforts and the French filly Isole Canarie faces a tough task
Arbalet (IRE) 10-1 (9-5) Soon led, pushed along halfway, edged left off rail 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 6, 3l behind Snazzy Jazzy (9-10) at Salisbury 6f lst stks (1) sft in Jun.
Khafoo Shememi (IRE) 9-2 (9-8) Pulled hard, ran very wide on bend 6f out, ridden 2f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong, held on for 3rd, 3rd of 7, 3l behind Arod (9-5) at Windsor 1m lst stks (1) gd in May.
Matterhorn (IRE) 14-1 (9-0) Led stand side group until groups merged 5f out, tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 10th of 16, 6 1/2l behind Lord Glitters (9-0) at Ascot 1m Grp 1 stks (1) gd in Jun.
New Graduate (IRE) 11-2jfav (9-5) Soon tracking leader far side, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 19th of 28, 10 3/4l behind Afaak (9-3) at Ascot 1m hcp (2) sft in Jun.
Oh This Is Us (IRE) 13-2 (9-7) Tracked leaders, hung left over 2f out, never able to challenge, 3rd of 5, 4l behind Happy Power (8-10) at York 1m lst stks (1) sft in Jun.
Zhui Feng (IRE) 40-1 (9-4) Led far side group until 2f out, chased leaders, weakened, 23rd of 28, 14 3/4l behind Afaak (9-3) at Ascot 1m hcp (2) sft in Jun.
Isole Canarie (IRE) (9-1) last of 9, 8 3/4l behind Spinning Memories (9-1) at Longchamp 7f lst stks gs in May.
