in touch, pushed along over 2f out, not trouble leaders
tracked leaders, pushed along and headway to lead over 1f out, ridden and ran on
towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase winner inside final furlong
soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace
in touch, pushed along 3f out, weakened over 1f out
held up, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
very slowly away, in rear, ridden and some late headway
raced wide tracked leader, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong
close up, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace
Israr has come up short over today’s trip since scoring over 1m2f at Newbury and returns from a lay-off. Moktasaab went close at the latter track more recently when WANDERING ROCKS finished third. But the latter has more scope off his current mark and is taken to turn the tables with Ryan Moore’s presence in the saddle another positive. Madame Ambassador has won twice at Newmarket while Frankie gets the leg-up on Sir Rumi, who finished ahead of Savvy Knight at Kempton last time.
Moktasaab 5-1 (9-12) Prominent, led going well over 2f out, ridden for effort over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, ran on well but always held by winner, 2nd of 10, nk behind Sam Cooke (10-1) at Newbury 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Sep.
Israr 11-8fav (9-9) Chased leaders in 3rd, pushed along 3f out, ridden and headway over 2f out, took 2nd under 2f out, kept on until no extra and dropped to 3rd entering final furlong, weakened closing stages, last of 3, 4 1/2l behind Wild Crusade (9-3) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp (2) gf in Jul.
Sir Rumi (IRE) 12-1 (10-1) Held up in mid-division, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 5th of 13, 4 1/2l behind Nao Da Mais (10-0) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (3) pol in Sep.
Forza Orta (IRE) 28-1 (9-5) Mid-division on inside, pushed along and weakened over 2f out, 9th of 11, 13 1/2l behind Royal Champion (9-5) at Ayr 1m 2f lst stks (1) gd in Sep.
Wandering Rocks 6-1 (9-0) Held up in midfield, switched right and pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, went third final strides, 3rd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Sam Cooke (10-1) at Newbury 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Sep.
Savvy Knight (IRE) 12-1 (9-10) Slowly into stride, towards rear, switched left final bend, ran on inside final furlong, never nearer, 6th of 13, 5l behind Nao Da Mais (10-0) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (3) pol in Sep.
Geremia (IRE) 11-1 (9-6) Started very slowly, always in rear, 15th of 16, 14 1/4l behind Titian (9-4) at York 1m 2f hcp (3) gs in Oct.
Berkshire Rebel (IRE) 28-1 (8-9) Slowly away, always towards rear, 14th of 16, 30 1/4l behind Al Nafir (8-11) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Oct.
Madame Ambassador 18-1 (8-11) Bumped start, midfield, headway to chase leaders 3f out, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, won at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp fll (2) gs in Oct beating Swoon (9-10) by 3/4l, 9 ran.