held up towards rear, steady headway 4f out, chased leader well over 1f out, led entering final furlong, soon clear
chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out
led, pushed along and headed 3f out, weakened over 1f out
took keen hold in rear, pushed along 6f out, soon struggling, tailed off
took keen hold in rear, struggling final 4f, tailed off
always behind, pushed along 7f out, struggling 5f out, tailed off
chased leader until over 3f out, hung left and one pace final 2f
mid-division, pushed along 5f out, soon behind, tailed off
chased leaders, went 2nd 4f out, led 3f out, headed over 2f out, chased leader until well over 1f out, soon one pace and no impression on leading duo
always behind, pushed along 7f out, struggling 5f out, tailed off
mid-division, kept on final 2f, never a threat
took keen hold towards rear, headway 4f out, challenged 3f out, led over 2f out, headed and not pace of winner entering final furlong, clear 2nd best
Rock On Ruby won well enough at Taunton last month but the Paul Nicholls-trained gelding is likely to struggle under his penalty today and a better bet looks to be Nicky Henderson's THE WHITE ADMIRAL, who is preferred to stable companions Blue Monster and Winning Habit. The last mentioned makes his debut today and is probably best watched under conditional David Bass, while Irish import Blue Monster has his first start for Henderson having shown some promise in three starts in bumpers in Ireland and has to be respected under J P Magnier. Jeremy Scott's Grey Missile is open to improvement after just the one start when a fair fifth at Kempton last month but he needs to improve. Alan King's Bless The Wings improved from his debut effort when a close fourth at Market Rasen last time and he makes more appeal than Karasenir, who is closely matched with Rock On Ruby on their running at Taunton and he may have to settle for minor honours again. The vote then goes the way of Nicky Henderson's The White Admiral, who made a pleasing debut when a fair fifth behind Megastar at Sandown in November and he looks worth siding with now that the yard's runners are in better form.
Rock On Ruby (IRE) 6-4fav (11-4) Held up, headway over 5f out, challenged over 2f out, led over 1f out, driven out, won at Taunton 2m 1f mdn NH flat (5) gs in Feb beating Karasenir (10-8) by 3/4l, 12 ran.
Bless The Wings (IRE) 9-2 (11-1) Held up, headway over 2f out, one pace over 1f out, 4th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Safran De Cotte (10-1) at Market Rasen 2m 1f NH flat (6) sft in Feb.
Bloodyburn Bay (IRE) Needle Gun gelding out of Serpentine Artiste.
Blue Monster (IRE) 16-1 (11-11) Tracked leaders, 5th before straight, ridden to go moderate 2nd under 2f out, soon no impression, kept on, 2nd of 24, 4 1/2l behind Chu Chu Thomas (11-7) at Cork 2m N H flat gd in May.
Carrick Castle (IRE) 11-1 (11-4) Always towards rear, 6th of 12, 26l behind Habbie Simpson (11-4) at Southwell 2m NH flat (6) sft in Feb.
Flyford Prince 50-1 (10-12) In rear, reminders after 7f out, tailed off, last of 11, well behind Great Mates (10-13) at Stratford 2m NH flat (3) gd in May.
General Villegas (IRE) Commander Collins gelding out of Rongai.
Grey Missile 50-1 (11-4) Chased leaders, one pace final 2f, 5th of 17, 9l behind Prince Of Pirates (11-1) at Kempton 2m mdn NH flat (6) gs in Feb.
John's Gem Silver Patriarch gelding out of Hollow Legs.
The White Admiral (IRE) 25-1 (11-0) Mid-division, headway 3f out, outpaced 2f out, 5th of 13, 14l behind Megastar (11-0) at Sandown 2m NH flat (5) gd in Nov.
Winning Habit Beat All gelding out of Nunsdream.
Bianco Fuji Kayf Tara mare out of Dissolve.
Karasenir (IRE) 5-2 (10-8) Held up towards rear, headway over 7f out, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on, 2nd of 12, 3/4l behind Rock On Ruby (11-4) at Taunton 2m 1f mdn NH flat (5) gs in Feb.
