last to break, held up in rear, ridden and well held over 1f out
held up, headway 3f out, outpaced over 1f out, rallied inside final 100 yards, stayed on
prominent early, chased leaders, ridden on outside over 3f out, lost place over 2f out, soon well beaten
prominent, raced keenly, ridden 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong
prominent, led 7f out, quickened over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, held on
in rear, headway going well over 2f out, soon not much room, went 2nd entering final furlong, ran on, just held
soon led, headed 7f out, ridden and disputing 2nd over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
Prince Rock has held his form on the all-weather since scoring over track and trip in January and can figure again. But COVERT MISSION has won twice at Kempton so far this year and, having been narrowly beaten at Bath a fortnight ago, he gets another chance back on this surface with Benoit De La Sayette’s 7lb allowance in favour. Chief Of Staff is fitted with a hood for his reappearance while Darvel has switched yards since last in action and both are preferred to Victorious Night.
Darvel (IRE) 6-1 (9-9) Tracked leader, pushed along and every chance from 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 11, 8 1/4l behind Gabrial The Wire (10-0) at Doncaster 7f hcp (4) sft in Oct.
Chief Of Staff 14-1 (9-4) Led early, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 10th of 12, 13 3/4l behind Endured (9-10) at Kempton 1m hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Seventh Kingdom 125-1 (9-2) Held up towards rear, never on terms, 10th of 11, 20 1/2l behind Proclaimer (8-12) at Kempton 1m hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Victorious Night (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Led until over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 10, 27 3/4l behind Fast Medicine (9-6) at Nottingham 1m hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Covert Mission (FR) 15-8fav (9-6) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed close home, 2nd of 10, nk behind Granary Queen (9-1) at Bath 1m hcp (5) gs in Apr.
Prince Rock (IRE) 10-1 (9-4) Towards rear, wide and headway 2f out, ridden to chase leader inside final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 11, 1l behind Secret Glow (9-6) at Lingfield 1m hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Galactic Glow (IRE) 9-1 (9-2) Led until over 3f out, soon lost 2nd weakened rapidly tailed off, last of 16, 34 1/2l behind Eton Blue (9-5) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp (5) gd in Apr.