held up, ridden 2f out, some headway and 4th briefly over 1f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, not clear run over 2f out, soon switched left, ran on inside final furlong, led close home
last to break, in rear, ridden on outside over 2f out, plugged on to take 4th final furlong, no impression
tracked leaders, improved to lead well over 1f out, driven inside final furlong, headed close home
soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Rockaroundtheclock won a claimer in testing ground in France back in May and landed a maiden race here last year. But FLYING HAMMER makes more appeal on his handicap debut having opened his account at Chepstow three weeks ago. He has more scope than Alnashama, a winner at Bath last month but beaten off higher marks since. Cascading Stars posted a better effort over 7f here last time but Equitanus could prove a bigger threat if forgiven a poor effort at Ripon as his earlier second at Salisbury is arguably the best piece of form on offer.
Rockaroundtheclock (IRE) (9-3) won at Chantilly 1m stks sft in May beating Galeotto (8-9) by shd, 9 ran.
Flying Hammer 5-4fav (9-5) Chased leaders, led over 1f out, driven clear inside final furlong, easily, won at Chepstow 7f mdn stks (5) gd in Aug beating Mickey Haller (9-5) by 1 1/2l, 7 ran.
Alnashama 5-1 (9-4) Broke well, led early, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 6, 7 1/2l behind Muraabit (9-3) at Ffos Las 1m 1f hcp (4) gd in Aug.
Equitanus (IRE) 8-1 (9-5) Took keen hold tracking leaders, under pressure well over 4f out, soon beaten, 4th of 5, 16 3/4l behind Keep In Line (9-5) at Ripon 1m 1f mdn stks (5) gd in May.
Cascading Stars (IRE) 3-1fav (9-1) Chased leaders, every chance from over 1f out, no extra towards finish, 3rd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Classical Rose (8-10) at Kempton 7f hcp (5) pol in Aug.
My Mistress (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden well over 1f out, hung left over 1f out, soon weakened, 9th of 10, 9 1/2l behind Only Joking (9-6) at Lingfield 1m hcp (5) pol in May.