held up, progress to track leading pair 6f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on to lead final 75 yards
in rear, ridden over 2f out, headway when switched left approaching final furlong, no impression towards finish
slow into stride, soon tracked leaders, ridden and dropped to rear over 4f out
tracked leader, joined leader 8f out, ridden 4f out, driven to lead over 2f out, headed final 75 yards
led, joined 8f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, no extra near finish
Camps Bay's frustrating run of placed efforts are off-putting and, even though he is weighted to reverse earlier form with LA ESTRELLA, he's likely to find a way of getting beat. The latter looks a safer option after scoring over C&D on his comeback from nearly two years off the track and can add to his previous four wins here. Cobo Bay produced a better effort behind Mush Mir last week but has a bit to find with the selection on these terms, while the unexposed Bullring could prove best of the remaining trio.
La Estrella (USA) 6-4fav (9-0) In touch, headway to chase leader over 1f out, ridden to lead just inside final furlong, won at Southwell 1m 4f sell stks (6) fbs beating Camps Bay (9-5) by 1 1/4l, 6 ran.
Camps Bay (USA) 3-1fav (9-12) Held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to go 3rd well inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 2l behind Mr Plod (8-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Bullring (FR) 100-1 (9-4) Mid-division, ridden to chase leaders 4f out, kept on same pace under pressure final 2f, never on terms, 5th of 10, 7l behind Odin's Raven (9-7) at Southwell 1m 4f mdn stks (5) fbs in Jan.
Eton Fable (IRE) 25-1 (8-13) Led and soon clear, ridden over 3f out, headed over 2f out, soon outpaced when pace quickened, rallied towards finish, last of 4, 7l behind Layla's Dancer (8-10) at Lingfield 1m 5f clm stks (6) pol.
Royal Holiday (IRE) 9-2 (9-2) Held up behind, driven over 4f out, never on terms, 5th of 7, 14l behind Exopuntia (8-11) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Dec.
Cobo Bay 8-1 (9-7) Raced wide tracked leaders, chased leader over 2f out, edged left and led narrowly over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 6, 2 1/2l behind Mush Mir (8-13) at Southwell 1m 4f hacp 0-70 (5) fbs.