slow into stride, always behind
led, pushed along halfway, ridden and hung left over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra close home
tracked leader, driven along 2f out, ridden and one pace final furlong
held up, pushed along and switched left over 1f out, stayed on final furlong
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, one pace until weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, kept on well
Mr Rooney, Lord Jack Flash and Ace Baby are three against the field in this competitive event to open the card and the vote is given to Mr Rooney. The selection was a beaten favourite on his debut but he put that effort behind him when beating Bow Bridge at Beverley last time and with conditions to suit and his yard in decent form he looks the one to beat. Lord Jack Flash has gone well in both his runs to date and is the type that will win his fair share of races, but this looks his toughest assignment so far and he will have to improve to score. Ace Baby was slowly away at Newcastle last time, but he had previously won well at Nottingham and he has got obvious claims. However, connections think he will be better over slightly further in time and all his runs so far have been on soft ground. Ooh Aah Camara won well over this course and distance last time and she is another that is clearly going the right way, but Mr Rooney sets a fair benchmark for the rest here and is taken to score.
Ace Baby 10-3 Slowly into stride, headway well over 1f out, stayed on to chase winner final furlong, held towards finish, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind The Bear at Newcastle 5f nov stk sft.
Lord Jack Flash 13-2 Led, ridden and headed inside final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 4, 3/4l behind Cool Creek at Newmarket 5f 2yo stk gf.
Mr Rooney (IRE) 11-4 Made all, clear over 1f out, ridden out, won at Beverley 5f 2yo mdn aut gd beating Bow Bridge by 3l, 12 ran.
Ooh Aah Camara (IRE) 5-1 Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f, ridden to lead entering final furlong, kept on, won at Thirsk 5f nov fll stk sft beating Amber Glory by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.
Sands Crooner (IRE) 40-1 Held up, ridden and headway, not clear run over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 4th of 10, 3l behind Ba Foxtrot at Leicester 5f 2yo mdn aut gs.
Bow Bridge 7-2jt-fav Chased leaders, ridden to lead well over 1f out, ran on final furlong, won at Ripon 5f 2yo mdn fll aut sft beating Lyndalee by 5l, 10 ran.