tracked leaders, pushed along halfway, headway on inner over 1f out, led entering final furlong, ridden out
tracked leader after 1f, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong
in touch in rear, pushed along over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out
dwelt raced wide, keen in touch towards rear, pushed along and no impression over 2f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, never nearer
keen in touch, headway 2f out, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
raced wide close up, pushed along 2f out, ridden and ran on to go 2nd towards finish
awkwardly away, soon led, pushed along and ran wide into straight 2f out, ridden and headed entering final furlong, one pace and lost 2nd towards finish
David O'Meara saddles two here. David Probert was on board when Dazzling Des just prevailed over NEWYORKSTATEOFMIND when tackling the minimum here last month and George Rooke's claim just hands the initiative to the latter, who went up another furlong on the track next time and won with a bit in hand. Vandad has yet to win and ran poorly on his only start over the course and distance but Bowling Russian has won here and has been in very good form on Deauville's Polytrack in recent weeks.
Bowling Russian (IRE) (8-11) 4th of 12, 1 1/4l behind Mowaeva (9-1) at Deauville 6f stks pol in Oct.
Princes Des Sables 15-2 (9-7) Led from stalls, remained prominent, dropped to midfield halfway, stayed on one pace, 6th of 11, 4 1/4l behind Diamond Dougal (9-6) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Cobra Eye 28-1 (9-10) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace from over 1f out, 5th of 6, 7 1/2l behind Punchbowl Flyer (9-1) at Chepstow 6f hcp (4) gs in Aug.
Newyorkstateofmind 2-1fav (8-12) Slowly away towards rear, ridden and headway inside final furlong, ran on, nearest finish, 2nd of 9, 1l behind Lihou (9-3) at Lingfield 5f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Dazzling Des (IRE) 9-2 (9-3) Last to break and switched left, held up, switched left over 1f out, no impression, 4th of 6, 2 1/4l behind Pop Dancer (9-9) at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Vandad (IRE) 9-4fav (8-13) Held up, switched right over 1f out, ran on final 75 yards, went 3rd close home, 3rd of 6, 1 3/4l behind Pop Dancer (9-9) at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Brunel's Boy 20-1 (9-5) Close up, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, last of 12, 7 1/4l behind Newyorkstateofmind (9-5) at Lingfield 6f hcp (5) pol in Nov.