very slowly away, ridden along and headway on outer track leaders 5f out, ridden 3f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out
led 3f, led again over 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, rallied to lead again towards finish
in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked winner, led 5f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch towards rear, ridden 3f out, not trouble leaders
pushed along in rear, outpaced halfway, headway to chase winner 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed towards finish
close up, ridden 3f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out
SAM SPADE is still creeping up the weights but looks to be in decent form and is probably the one to beat on his three-length defeat of course specialist General Tufto over track and trip at the start of the month. Bitaphon is tried in a visor after a modest effort in a seller at Redcar last week but has won over this trip on Turf and makes more appeal than Roger Thorpe. Loyal N Trusted may have needed his reappearance and looks best of the rest.
Roger Thorpe 33-1 (8-13) Slowly away, always behind, 10th of 12, 30l behind Memory Cloth (9-2) at Doncaster 1m 2f app hcp 0-70 (5) sft in Mar.
Sam Spade (IRE) 7-2 (9-8) Raced wide mid-division, headway to press leaders 3f out, ridden and kept on one pace, 3rd of 11, 6l behind Red Invader (9-5) at Southwell 7f hcp (0-55) (6) fbs.
Loyal N Trusted 25-1 (8-3) Always behind, 14th of 16, 19l behind Flexible Flyer (9-4) at Thirsk 7f hcp 0-70 (5) gs.
Bitaphon (IRE) 13-2 (9-4) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, no impression, 8th of 12, 6l behind Ad Vitam (9-4) at Redcar 7f (6) gf.
Barista (IRE) 8-1 (8-10) Tracked leader, led over 4f out, headed over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 4th of 8, 6l behind Collodi (9-0) at Windsor 1m hcp 0-70 (5) hvy in Oct.
General Tufto 10-1 (9-1) In rear, ridden 3f out, wide into straight 2f out, driven and ran on final furlong, just failed, 2nd of 9, ns behind Polar Forest (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Botanist 7-1 (9-3) Chased leader, led after 1f, headed 4f out, chased leader until over 3f out, weakened quickly, tailed off and eased final 2f, pulled up inside final furlong, in a race won by Zed Candy Girl (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (0-55) (6) pol in Jan, 7 ran.