led 2f, chased leader, pushed along over 6f out, stayed on under pressure to challenge over 1f out, led close home, all out
tracked leaders, hard driven over 4f out, weakened over 2f out
led after 2f, 5 lengths clear over 8f out, hard driven over 2f out, headed well inside final furlong, no extra
held up in rear, ridden over 4f out, headway when hung left over 1f out, never on terms
chased leaders, under pressure over 3f out, soon beaten
held up towards rear, headway on outside over 6f out, effort when hung left over 2f out, never able to challenge
tracked leaders, hard driven over 5f out, soon lost place, rallied over 1f out, stayed on well
Steady Gaze is up another 7lb after landing a double at Kempton over today's trip last month. He's sure to go close if handling the surface but will still need to improve to confirm latest running on worse terms with BLACKMORE. The latter has finished runner-up over C&D on his last two outings at this track and looks to have a good chance of going one better today. Rory Boy will find this tougher than the all-weather bumper he won here recently, but Aaman could figure on the back of last month's second over 1m6f. Salontyre finished behind the selection last time and Three White Socks remains 11lb higher than his win here last June.
Blackmore 5-1 (9-8) Tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, driven to chase winner over 1f out, soon no impression, 2nd of 10, 2 1/2l behind Captain Bellamy (9-4) at Southwell 2m hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
Steady Gaze 5-2fav (9-5) Tracked leader until before halfway, led approaching 1f out, ran on well, won at Kempton 2m hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Jan beating Blackmore (9-12) by 3 1/2l, 7 ran.
Aaman (IRE) 7-1 (10-11) Tracked leaders, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 14, 2l behind Sistine (9-11) at Southwell 1m 6f am hcp 0-65 (6) fbs in Jan.
Salontyre (GER) 10-1 (9-4) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, headway over 2f out, stayed on to go 3rd inside final furlong, not trouble leaders, 3rd of 10, 5l behind Captain Bellamy (9-4) at Southwell 2m hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
C P Joe (IRE) 11-1 (8-6) Towards rear, headway 2f out, soon every chance, ridden and kept on one pace, 4th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Nezhenka (9-11) at Wolverhampton 2m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jan.
Three White Socks (IRE) 5-1 (9-0) Led, headed well over 3f out, ridden and weakened final furlong, 6th of 9, 9l behind Tricksofthetrade (9-6) at Southwell 1m 4f hacp 0-70 (5) fbs.
Rory Boy (USA) 40-1 (9-13) Slowly into stride, in rear, struggling 4f out, 5th of 9, 35l behind Harry Hunt (9-13) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f mdn stks (5) pol in Sep.
Delorain (IRE) 14-1 (8-9) Prominent, ridden halfway, faded from over 4f out, 10th of 13, 14l behind Waldsee (9-3) at Lingfield 2m hcp 0-60 (6) pol.