chased leaders, effort when hampered and switched right over 1f out, ridden and edged right and no impression inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out
soon outpaced, ridden halfway, kept on final furlong, nearest finish
dwelt, held up, ridden and weakened 2f out
made all, ridden and hung badly from over 1f out, ran on
with winner until well over 1f out
outpaced from over 3f out
A poor start to proceedings can see Charlie Delta come out on top over He's A Rocket and Spirit Of Coniston. Charlie Delta is in to be claimed for ¿15,000 and as such is set to carry topweight of 9st 9lb. However, that seems fair on the evidence gained so far, and on the strength of his recent handicap third to California Laws at Southwell, Declan Carroll's charge is the pick, despite a drop back to the minimum trip today. He's A Rocket may give him most to do, but in truth he has gone right off the boil after some credible efforts last term and is worth taking on, while Spirit Of Coniston hails from a stable that is coming back to form, and so may give a good account without being good enough. All in all, this looks best left to Charlie Delta.
Charlie Delta 14-1 (7-12) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 10, 4 1/2l behind California Laws (8-6) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-85 (4) fbs.
He's A Rocket (IRE) 16-1 (8-12) Behind, headway on outside over 1f out, ran on final furlong, not reached leaders, 5th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Davids Mark (9-1) at Kempton 5f banded stk (7) pol.
Kings Heir (IRE) 14-1 (8-12) Prominent over 3f, 12th of 13, 13l behind The London Gang (9-5) at W'hampton 6f sll (6) pol.
Ronnie From Donny (IRE) 80-1 (8-10) Chased leaders to halfway, soon weakened, last of 14, 36l behind Sawwaah (9-0) at Redcar 7f clm (5) frm in Jun.
Spirit of Coniston 14-1 (8-8) Led, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 2 1/2l behind Decider (9-2) at Kempton 5f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
On The Trail 40-1 (8-6) Slowly into stride, progress 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 8, 8l behind Gifted Lass (8-7) at W'hampton 5f hcap (6) pol.
Blissphilly 200-1 (8-2) Chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out, 14th of 22, 16l behind George The Best (8-12) at Ayr 6f hcap (6) hvy in Oct.