held up, ridden 5f out, plugged on to go remote 3rd over 1f out
raced wide close up, tracked leaders halfway, ridden to chase winner over 3f out, kept on but no chance with winner
tracked leader, led 9f out, headed 4f out, weakened 3f out
tracked leaders, ridden 6f out, soon weakened, eased 3f out
raced wide tracked leader, led 4f out, shaken up inside final furlong, comfortable
slowly away soon ridden along and headway on outer to lead after 2f, headed 9f out, soon in rear, eased from 7f out, soon pulled up
led 2f, tracked leaders, dropped to rear over 8f out, plugged on to go remote 4th
Kingscombe won here in November but has reverted to type since then and Mazovian remains badly out of form. Both Lexington Bay and Layline make more appeal returning to 2m but Samtu was a well beaten second over 1m6f here a fortnight ago. Rock Of Ages won over track and trip last month before a spin over hurdles but this is tougher and KATIE GALE is preferred. She will have come on for last week's reappearance over too short a trip and the previous course and distance winner should go close for Mike Appleby's in-form yard.
Kingscombe (USA) 12-1 (9-7) Midfield, pushed along over 5f out, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 7, 21l behind Karam Albaari (9-1) at Chelmsford City 1m 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Lexington Bay (IRE) 6-1 (9-5) Ridden leaving stalls, prominent, outpaced final 2f, 5th of 9, 2 1/2l behind Bushel (9-3) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Jan.
Layline (IRE) 3-1 (9-4) Held up in rear, raced keenly, headway over 3f out, went 3rd 2f out, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 8, 7l behind Noguchi (8-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f 4yo clm stks 0-70 (5) in Jan.
Samtu (IRE) 11-4fav (9-4) Keen early, pressed leader, led narrowly after 4f, ridden and headed 2f out, no chance with easy winner in clear 2nd from over 1f out, 2nd of 8, 3 1/2l behind Teajaybe (9-12) at Southwell 1m 6f hacp 0-70 (5) fbs in Jan.
Katie Gale 15-8fav (8-12) Set strong pace, headed over 5f out, soon ridden, weakened 3f out, 5th of 7, 36l behind Gabrial The Duke (9-1) at Southwell 1m 4f hacp 0-70 (5) fbs.
Rock of Ages 11-4fav (9-11) Slowly into stride, switched outside and hard driven soon after start, headway to lead after 4f, made rest, driven over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, stayed on well under pressure final 2f, won at Southwell 2m hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Jan beating Salford Dream (9-3) by 2 1/2l, 13 ran.
Mazovian (USA) 25-1 (10-4) Close up, pushed along and lost place halfway, 10th of 12, 21l behind Amazing Blue Sky (10-8) at Southwell 1m 3f am hcp 0-52 (6) fbs.