started slowly, held up and always behind
pulled hard, tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, went 2nd over 1f out, ridden and stayed on to lead well inside final furlong
held up, in touch, reminders well over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace in 4th inside final furlong
held up, in touch, pushed along and outpaced 3f out, never near leaders after
chased leader, edging left when slightly hampered and lost 2nd over 1f out, soon switched left, ridden edged left and stayed on same pace inside final furlong
led, edged right over 2f out, ridden and hung badly right from over 1f out, headed and no extra well inside final furlong
MUNAWER has obvious claims having chased home the favourite at Windsor on his debut. Marc Monaghan’s allowance helps his cause today and he may be good enough to get the better of Upgrade, only rated 75 after three modest efforts so far. Punkawallah may well finish closer but the others with experience make no appeal so Bahar, a 150,000 euros purchase could prove a bigger threat and is preferred to fellow newcomer Dragonite.
Dragonite (IRE) Dragon Pulse gelding out of Glamorous.
Master Degree (IRE) 50-1 (9-5) Tracked winner until over 6f out, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, soon weakened, last of 9, 36 1/2l behind Hamada (9-5) at Pontefract 1m 2f mdn stks (4) gs in Oct.
Munawer 7-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, in 5th, pushed along over 3f out, soon outpaced, rallied on inside and switched left over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner and eased close home, 2nd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Adamant (9-5) at Windsor 1m mdn stks (5) gs in Oct.
Punkawallah 12-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, ridden and hung left final 2f, always behind, 9th of 10, 11 3/4l behind Intimate Art (9-5) at Kempton 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Oct.
Starshell (IRE) 25-1 (9-5) Always in rear, 7th of 11, 16 1/2l behind Mandarin (9-5) at Newcastle 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Sep.
Upgrade 9-1 (9-2) Tracked winner early, ridden and quickly lost place over 1f out, last of 7, 9 1/2l behind Souter (9-2) at Ayr 1m stks (4) sft in Sep.
Royal Melody 25-1 (8-8) Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous, 8th of 11, 7 3/4l behind Lord Clenaghcastle (9-7) at Kempton 7f (6) pol in Sep.
Willie's Anne (IRE) 100-1 (9-0) Raced keenly and awkward in mid-division, ridden on inside over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 11, 7l behind Ode To Glory (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Sep.
Bahar (USA) First Defence colt out of La Rignana.