Campanologist chased leaders, led over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on

Kandahar Run held up, pulled hard, headway over 2f out, ridden and every chance from over 1f out, stayed on

Poet chased leader 3f, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

Redolent held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, edged right over 1f out, weakened final furlong

Yahrab led over 5f, ridden and weakened over 1f out

Pegasus Again held up, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

They went just a steady pace and CAMPANOLOGIST was always in the perfect place to capitalise. He was tracking the leader from the outset before Joe Fanning wound up the pace when leading three furlongs out and, in the style typical of his trainer’s horses, dug deep and found extra when the runner-up came at him. He is clearly improving with experience and could head for another trial, but his trainer appeared to rule out the Dante.

Kandahar Run had looked a colt of some potential when winning here last autumn and put in a fair enough effort on his reappearance here. He was a little keen early on and wasn’t helped by the pace, but was brought with a steady challenge inside the final two furlongs and came through to have a crack at the winner inthe final furlong. He just appeared to blow up in the closing stages and will be all the better for this run. His trainer will keep him to a maximum of a mile and a quarter at present and he should soon be improving on this effort, but he didn’t strike as a potential Derby winner on this showing.

Redolent had finished fourth in a muddling event on the all-weather at Lingfield on his reappearance, but he ran a similar sort of race here. He travelled well enough towards the outside over three furlongs out, but hung right and weakened in the final furlong, and the jury remains out on him at present.

Yahrab made the running until headed by the winner and then weakened, and there are no excuses for him with two outings already under his belt this term.

Frankie Dettori reported that Pegasus Again had a breathing problem on pulling up. (TE)

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