well away, led over 1f, handy 3rd on inside, led again on inside over 1f out, ridden and stayed on well inside final furlong
raced keenly tracking leaders, pushed along out wide over 2f out, shaken up and unable to quicken inside final 2f, plugged on towards finish
tracked leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, pushed along early towards rear, never involved
held up in mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, soon outpaced and weakened inside final 2f
raced keenly in last pair, never involved
held up off the pace towards rear, never involved
chased leaders out wide, pushed along over 2f out, went 2nd inside final 100 yards, never going pace to reach winner
wore hood to post, restless in stalls, held up towards rear, headway on inside over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, went never nearer 4th post
chased leaders out wide, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, 4th and one pace inside final furlong, dropped to 5th post
raced keenly, prominent out wide, led over 6f out, pushed along over 2f out, headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, lost 2nd inside final 100 yards, no extra
off the pace towards rear, some late headway, never threatened
MUSICAL ACT left a poor debut effort behind when scoring over 7f here and the Godolphin grey can improve further over this extra distance. Portsmouth and Livinthelife look best of the others with racecourse experience while Candle Wax is a brother to a Listed winner and Green Keeper is the first foal of a Listed winner. Tawajjah, Lyric and Sir Les Patterson are others to keep an eye on.
Musical Act (IRE) 5-2 (9-4) Chased leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on well and always just doing enough, won at Kempton 7f stks (4) pol in Aug beating Aljezur (9-4) by 1/2l, 11 ran.
Amsterdam Dutch Art gelding out of Wilde Ambition.
Aye Fred (IRE) 50-1 (9-7) Close 3rd on inside, pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 7, 19 1/2l behind Placo (9-7) at Lingfield 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Candle Wax Dubawi colt out of Shama.
Green Keeper Gleneagles gelding out of Glance.
Jean Ribault 50-1 (9-7) Slowly into stride, outpaced and always in rear, never a factor, tailed off, last of 7, 11 3/4l behind Crimson Spirit (9-5) at Epsom 7f mdn stks (2) gd in Aug.
Livinthelife (IRE) 40-1 (9-3) Midfield, pushed along and hung left over 1f out, kept on steadily final furlong, 6th of 11, 3l behind Blessed Boy (9-7) at Lingfield 1m stks (5) pol in Oct.
Lyric (IRE) Too Darn Hot colt out of Gala.
Midnight Rumble 80-1 (9-4) In rear, outpaced 2f out, no impression from over 1f out, 9th of 11, 13 1/4l behind La Pasionaria (8-13) at Salisbury 1m stks (4) sft in Oct.
Portsmouth (IRE) 7-1 (9-7) Wore hood to post, slowly into stride and went right start, held up in rear, went between horses turning in, hung left over 1f out, plugged on in modest 4th final furlong, 4th of 6, 4 1/2l behind Swindon (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Sir Les Patterson Zoustar colt out of Evil Spell.
Tawajjah (IRE) Frankel colt out of Thawaany.
Godsend 40-1 (9-7) Always in rear, pushed along over 3f out, never a factor, last of 6, 9 1/4l behind Valvano (9-7) at Nottingham 1m mdn stks (5) hvy in Oct.
