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I agree the collateral form is ordinary and compared to COT he is ordinary (compared to the COT we saw in the 2000G is another matter) but there was more to that Chester run than the bare result, according to Simon Rowlands:

Usually one of the weaker Group 2s, and overall that may be true again this year, but the winner took it in terrific fashion, smashing the course record and running some really fast late splits (22.98s for final 2f is a 105.6% finishing speed, while his final 1f of 11.35s was the fastest at any trip at the course since 2022), and he looks destined for even better things. The pace was pretty good most of the way, with that overall time and those quick late splits a testament to just how fast ground conditions were coming to the end of this 3-day meeting.

PASSENGER (116+3 here, 110 previously) had shaped nicely in his 4 previous starts, winning a Group 3 at Windsor on the back of an unplaced effort in the Derby at Epsom, but this was something better again, and the way he won suggests he can very much make his mark at the elite level. He was pushed along briefly leaving his stall then travelled well held up, improving 2f out then switched outside, having to be ridden to get alongside in the final 1f but really strong thereafter against a rival who himself was quickening, comfortably on top at the line. He has plenty of speed and this could be his trip, while he clearly goes very well on fast ground but did win the Wood Ditton on softer on his debut.

<blockquote data-quote="Desert Orchid" data-source="post: 2679893" data-attributes="member: 65242">I agree the collateral form is ordinary and compared to COT he is ordinary (compared to the COT we saw in the 2000G is another matter) but there was more to that Chester run than the bare result, according to Simon Rowlands:Usually one of the weaker Group 2s, and overall that may be true again this year, but the winner took it in terrific fashion, smashing the course record and running some really fast late splits (22.98s for final 2f is a 105.6% finishing speed, while his final 1f of 11.35s was the fastest at any trip at the course since 2022), and he looks destined for even better things. The pace was pretty good most of the way, with that overall time and those quick late splits a testament to just how fast ground conditions were coming to the end of this 3-day meeting.<a href="https://www.attheraces.com/form/horse/Passenger/USA/3528757" target="_blank">PASSENGER</a> (116+3 here, 110 previously) had shaped nicely in his 4 previous starts, winning a Group 3 at Windsor on the back of an unplaced effort in the Derby at Epsom, but this was something better again, and the way he won suggests he can very much make his mark at the elite level. He was pushed along briefly leaving his stall then travelled well held up, improving 2f out then switched outside, having to be ridden to get alongside in the final 1f but really strong thereafter against a rival who himself was quickening, comfortably on top at the line. He has plenty of speed and this could be his trip, while he clearly goes very well on fast ground but did win the Wood Ditton on softer on his debut.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desert Orchid, post: 2679893, member: 65242"] I agree the collateral form is ordinary and compared to COT he is ordinary (compared to the COT we saw in the 2000G is another matter) but there was more to that Chester run than the bare result, according to Simon Rowlands: Usually one of the weaker Group 2s, and overall that may be true again this year, but the winner took it in terrific fashion, smashing the course record and running some really fast late splits (22.98s for final 2f is a 105.6% finishing speed, while his final 1f of 11.35s was the fastest at any trip at the course since 2022), and he looks destined for even better things. The pace was pretty good most of the way, with that overall time and those quick late splits a testament to just how fast ground conditions were coming to the end of this 3-day meeting. [B][URL='https://www.attheraces.com/form/horse/Passenger/USA/3528757']PASSENGER[/URL] (116+3 here, 110 previously) [/B]had shaped nicely in his 4 previous starts, winning a Group 3 at Windsor on the back of an unplaced effort in the Derby at Epsom, but this was something better again, and the way he won suggests he can very much make his mark at the elite level. He was pushed along briefly leaving his stall then travelled well held up, improving 2f out then switched outside, having to be ridden to get alongside in the final 1f but really strong thereafter against a rival who himself was quickening, comfortably on top at the line. He has plenty of speed and this could be his trip, while he clearly goes very well on fast ground but did win the Wood Ditton on softer on his debut. [/QUOTE]

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