waited with in rear, smooth headway between horses over 1f out, quickened to lead inside final furlong, soon clear, impressive
slowly into stride, soon recovered tracking leaders on inside, ridden in 2nd over 1f out, outpaced into 3rd inside final furlong
led and raced keenly, ridden over 1f out, headed and readily outpaced inside final furlong, no chance with winner
tracked leaders, came wide turning in, ridden and unable to quicken inside final 2f, never dangerous after but kept on
soon tracking leader, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened final furlong
Notable Speech 11-10fav (9-7) Last to break, held up in last, not clear run and switched left inside 2f out, got through gap and quickened to lead over 1f out, ran on well, readily, won at Kempton 1m stks (3) pol in Feb beating Cuban Tiger (9-7) by 1l, 5 ran.
Persica (IRE) 6-4fav (9-10) Led, headed after 1f, pushed along over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, edged left and asserted final 50yds, comfortably, won at Kempton 1m (4) pol in Sep beating Sahara Kitten (9-1) by 1 1/4l, 6 ran.
Valvano (IRE) 8-11fav (9-7) Tracked leaders, headway going well over 2f out, soon pushed along to press leader, led over 1f out, soon clear, ran on powerfully final furlong, impressive, won at Nottingham 1m mdn stks (5) hvy in Oct beating Tokyo Bay (9-7) by 6l, 6 ran.
Native Warrior 10-3 (9-2) Tracked winner, pushed along to lead over 1f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, ran on, just held, 2nd of 12, hd behind Point Sur (9-2) at Newmarket 7f stks (4) sft in Oct.
Witness Stand 8-1 (9-2) Tracked leader centre, pushed along over 2f out, switched right and headway to chase winner over 1f out, staying on when hampered towards finish, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Orne (9-2) at Newmarket 7f Grp 3 stks (1) hvy in Nov.