led until over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, lost 3rd close home
tracked leader, driven to lead over 2f out, headed well inside final furlong, no extra closing stages
held up in rear, pushed along over 3f out, soon no impression
tracked leaders, driven to challenge over 1f out, stayed on strongly to lead inside final furlong, ridden out
raced keenly in touch, effort over 2f out, stayed on under pressure to go 3rd towards finish, never able to challenge
CAMPS BAY is favoured at the weights and has the best recent form having suffered a couple of narrow margin defeats over 1m4f earlier this month. He still has to prove that he can produce his best over this longer trip, but Conor Dore's charge will take the beating if doing so. Rock 'N' Roller spends most of his time hurdling these days and never threatened back on the Flat at Kempton last time while French import Peintre Du Roi has been well beaten in two starts over timber in this country. Dansilver and Henry Holmes are up against it on these terms.
Rock 'n' Roller (FR) 25-1 (9-13) Mid-division on inside, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, never troubled leaders, 7th of 11, 8l behind Dalhaan (9-11) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.
Camps Bay (USA) 10-11fav (9-11) Tracked leader, challenged 2f out, soon ridden, led narrowly over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 2nd of 5, nk behind Muzo (9-7) at Kempton 1m 4f clm stks (6) pol.
Peintre Du Roi (USA) (8-9) 6th of 4, 2 3/4l behind Observateur (8-13) at Clairefontaine(FR) 1m 3f 3yo mdn sft in Oct '07.
Dansilver 9-2 (9-10) Towards rear, headway to track leaders over 4f out, disputed lead with winner 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 2nd of 12, 1 3/4l behind King's Realm (9-3) at Lingfield 2m hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Oct.
Henry Holmes 25-1 (8-4) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon held, 5th of 13, 7l behind Free Tussy (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jun '09.