led, ridden and headed 2f out, not pace of winner, plugged on to hold 2nd
slowly into stride, held up in rear, plugged on inside final furlong, never on terms
held up in last pair, headway on outside 4f out, soon chasing leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, held up in 6th, ridden 2f out, plugged on in 4th inside final furlong, no threat
tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, weakened over 1f out
took keen hold tracking leader, challenged 3f out, 3rd and one pace final furlong
tracked leaders in 5th, smooth headway over 2f out, led on bit 2f out, soon quickened clear, eased towards finish, very easily
GOSPEL CHOIR should have the class to shrug off his penalty, despite concerns about genuinely soft ground. He has won on good to soft, however, as has Beautiful Romance, though the Godolphin filly tries a new trip. Princess Loulou would have a chance on last year's form but Roger Varian's filly has only managed one outing this season and was well beaten. Gibeon landed a tough handicap at Goodwood last month and has place claims again while the less-exposed Felix Mendelssohn has been holding his own in this grade and shouldn't be far away again.
Gospel Choir 10-3fav (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden and headway to lead briefly over 1f out, kept on one pace, lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 8, 1/2l behind Big Orange (9-2) at Newmarket 1m 4f Grp 2 stks (1) gf in Jul.
Felix Mendelssohn (IRE) 11-4fav (9-0) Held up well in rear, headway on outside and edging right from 2f out, driven and not quicken over 1f out, went modest 4th final 150 yards, 4th of 7, 2 3/4l behind Ayrad (9-0) at Goodwood 1m 4f lst stks (1) gd in May.
Manndawi (FR) 9-2 (9-9) Settled 4th, pushed along 3f out, dropped to moderate 5th 1 1/2f out, no extra final furlong, last of 6, 25 3/4l behind Fields Of Athenry (8-10) at Leopardstown 1m 6f lst stks (1) Yielding - Soft in Jul.
Headline News (IRE) 11-1 (9-10) In touch, headway over 2f out, tracked leaders, ridden to lead towards finish, won at Pontefract 1m 4f hcp (3) gd in Aug beating Almodovar (9-0) by 1/2l, 11 ran.
Princess Loulou (IRE) 12-1 (9-5) 9th of 10, 18 1/4l behind Baino Hope (9-5) at Deauville 1m 4f Grp 2 stks gd in Aug.
Tears of The Sun 12-1 (9-12) In touch, not clear run 2f out, switched left and headway over 1f out, kept on one pace, 5th of 14, 5 1/2l behind Tazffin (9-4) at Goodwood 1m 1f hcp fll (3) gd in Jul.
Gibeon (IRE) 11-1 (9-5) Tracked leader, led over 1f out, soon ridden, held on towards finish, won at Goodwood 1m 2f hcp stks (2) gd in Jul beating Keble (8-13) by nk, 14 ran.
Beautiful Romance 9-2 (8-11) last of 6, 4 1/2l behind Bourree (8-11) at Deauville 1m 2f Grp 3 stks (1) gd in Aug.
