held up in rear, pushed along 7f out, soon struggling, ridden over 2f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong to take 5th near finish, no chance with leaders
mid-division in touch, outpaced over 2f out, soon ridden, behind over 1f out
held up behind, headway on outside over 2f out, soon ridden, went 2nd 1f out, upsides final 110 yards, led briefly towards finish, kept on, just held
tracked leader, led narrowly 2f out, soon ridden, grabbed rail over 1f out, joined final 110 yards, stayed on gamely when headed briefly towards finish, just held on
led, ridden and headed narrowly 2f out, kept on same pace, lost 2nd 1f out, no impression with front pair inside final furlong
tracked leading pair, ridden and one pace 2f out, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
mid-division in touch, ridden to chase leaders over 2f out, stayed on into 4th inside final furlong, no impression
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Nathaniel and Taghrooda are the only three-year-olds to win this in the last 10 years and John Gosden trained both. He's represented by the unbeaten GOLDEN HORN this year and the latter is hard to oppose. A convincing Derby success at Epsom was followed by an equally impressive win in the Eclipse at Sandown and he should have the measure of these. Stablemate Eagle Top was fourth in last year's renewal but, along with Postponed and Romsdal, was behind Snow Sky when the latter won the Hardwicke Stakes over course and distance last month. Andre Fabre's Flintshire is dual Group 1 winner and should be more at home at this track than he was at Epsom last month but the remainder look up against it at this level including the Italian Group 1 winner Dylan Mouth.
Clever Cookie 9-4fav (9-6) Held up in last, headway 3f out, led travelling smoothly over 1f out, ridden and stayed on well to assert inside final furlong, won at York 1m 6f Listed stks (1) gd in May beating Nabatean (9-0) by 2 3/4l, 10 ran.
Dylan Mouth (IRE) (9-7) won at San Siro(ITY) 1m 4f Grp 1 (1) gd in Jun, 8 ran.
Eagle Top 2-1 (9-1) Took keen hold in 3rd, pushed along and unable to quicken when held in pocket approaching final 2f, ridden not clear run and switched left over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, went 2nd post, no chance with winner, 2nd of 7, 4l behind Snow Sky (9-1) at Royal Ascot 1m 4f Grp 2 (1) gf in Jun.
Postponed (IRE) 7-2 (9-1) Took keen hold, tracked leaders on outside and forced to race with no cover, 3rd approaching final 2f, driven into 2nd over 1f out, no chance with winner, lost 2nd post, 3rd of 7, 4l behind Snow Sky (9-1) at Royal Ascot 1m 4f Grp 2 (1) gf in Jun.
Romsdal 5-2 (9-0) Tracked leader, led 4f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 6, 5l behind Snow Sky (8-13) at York 1m 6f Grp 2 (1) gf in May.
Snow Sky 12-1 (9-1) Led and set steady pace, quickened tempo 3f out, pushed clear 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on strongly, unchallenged, won at Royal Ascot 1m 4f Grp 2 (1) gf in Jun beating Eagle Top (9-1) by 4l, 7 ran.
Madame Chiang 8-1 (9-3) Held up in last pair on inside, pushed along 4f out, outpaced over 3f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to threaten, 5th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Secret Gesture (9-0) at York 1m 2f fll Grp 2 stks (1) gd in May.
Flintshire 7-1 (9-2) 2nd of 9, 1 1/4l behind Treve (8-12) at Saint-Cloud(FR) 1m 4f Grp 1 (1) gd in Jun.
The Corsican (IRE) 14-1 (9-0) Steadied and switched right start, held up in rear, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on into never nearer 4th final 100 yards, 4th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Free Eagle (9-0) at Royal Ascot 1m 2f Grp 1 (1) gf in Jun.
Golden Horn 4-9fav (8-10) Dwelt, soon recovered to lead, joined and quickened tempo 3f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on gamely to assert inside final furlong, soon pushed clear, impressive, won at Sandown 1m 2f Grp 1 (1) gf beating The Grey Gatsby (9-7) by 3 1/2l, 5 ran.
