held up in touch, headway over 2f out, chased winner inside final furlong, never able to challenge
held up rear, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, weakened final furlong
steadied start, held up in touch, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, under pressure over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, effort over 2f out, soon under pressure, kept on same pace
led until over 1f out, weakened final furlong
always in rear, never a factor
mid-division, pushed along before halfway, headway over 1f out, stayed on same pace close home
always prominent, driven to challenge over 2f out, soon hung right, led over 1f out, stayed on strongly
RIO COBOLO was swept aside by Imperial Djay at Thirsk but the form was franked in splendid fashion when the latter scored in better company at Chester last week. David Nicholls' gelding is versatile as to ground requirements, should go well off an unchanged mark and looks the best of the yard's three entries. Frognal represents the Imperial Djay stable and should be on the premises if building on a pleasing reappearance over this trip at Catterick for which he's up 1lb. Ezra Church has yet to score over this distance but wasn't far off doing so at Newcastle last time and inhabits a tempting handicap mark. Any market support for Cathedral Spires off the bottom perch should be noted.
Reel Buddy Star 8-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, soon weakened, 10th of 12, 18l behind Dubai Dynamo (8-13) at Thirsk 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Apr.
Summer Dancer (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Steadied start, pulled hard in mid-division, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 12, 11l behind Dubai Dynamo (8-13) at Thirsk 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Apr.
Ghost (IRE) 33-1 (8-11) Raced wide in touch, hung left over 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace, 5th of 9, 8l behind King Of Eden (9-3) at Newcastle 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Apr.
En Fuego 25-1 (8-13) Held up towards rear and keen, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous, 7th of 9, 11l behind Cono Zur (8-6) at Beverley 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gf.
Rio Cobolo (IRE) 15-2 (8-12) Led until over 1f out, soon rallied, not pace of winner, 2nd of 11, 4l behind Imperial Djay (8-13) at Thirsk 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Apr.
Polish World (USA) 15-2 (9-7) Led, headed 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 12, 16l behind Hazzard County (9-3) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Sep.
Frognal (IRE) 25-1 (9-3) Mid-division, headway 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on to take 2nd place final 50 yards, always held by winner, 2nd of 15, 1 3/4l behind Masked Dance (9-7) at Catterick 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Mar.
Ezra Church (IRE) 5-2fav (9-4) With winner early, chased winner until over 1f out, ridden to regain 2nd inside final furlong, kept on towards finish, 2nd of 7, 1/2l behind Vito Volterra (8-11) at Newcastle 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.
Cathedral Spires 4-1fav (9-4) Tracked winner, effort well over 1f out, soon one pace, 3rd of 11, 2 3/4l behind First Class Favour (8-6) at Catterick 7f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Sep.
Rasselas (IRE) 12-1 (9-2) Held up in 6th on outside, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 8th of 10, 7l behind Chilli Green (8-13) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jan.
Mastership (IRE) 11-2 (9-7) Towards rear, never near leaders, 7th of 10, 10l behind Mujaadel (8-13) at Catterick 7f hcp 0-80 (4) gf.