steadied start, held up last, smooth headway to 3rd 2f out, soon ridden, hung left from over 1f out, not ran on
raced keenly, led until over 5f out, chased winner until ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
tracked leading pair, went 2nd over 2f out, hard ridden over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, always held
took keen hold, tracked leader, led over 5f out, ridden over 2f out, edged right and ridden inside final furlong, stayed on and held on well towards finish
Riot Police has becoming frustrating and was odds-on when beaten over the C&D last time. Night Witch was suited by Fibresand when beating three rivals at Southwell and has looked one-paced on Polytrack including when behind Palm Pilot at Lingfield on Saturday. Diplomasi landed a handicap over the C&D in October so it was no real surprise when he was beaten under a penalty over 7f a week later. Paco Belle's success at Lingfield earlier this month came in a race where they went a crawl before sprinting for the line so it's URBAN KODE who gets the vote. David Evans' colt couldn't cope with Memorabilia here a fortnight ago but had scored on his only previous start on the track and looks capable of better.
Riot Police (USA) 4-6fav (8-5) Tracked leaders in 3rd, went 2nd over 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden entering final furlong, soon edged right and headed, kept on and edged left towards finish, 2nd of 6, 3/4l behind Destiny Of A Diva (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol.
Diplomasi 7-2fav (9-4) Tracked leaders, lost place 3f out, no impression when hung right 1f out, 7th of 10, 11l behind Fifth Dimension (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f 2yo hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Oct.
Paco Belle (IRE) 7-2 (8-8) Chased leader, challenged 2f out, led entering final furlong, driven out, won at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo clm stks (6) pol beating Woop Woop (9-2) by nk, 5 ran.
Urban Kode (IRE) 3-1fav (8-7) Held up towards rear, pushed along 4f out, ridden over 3f out, headway over 2f out, challenged inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 2nd of 7, 1l behind Memorabilia (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Night Witch (IRE) 16-1 (8-7) Chased leaders, hard ridden over 1f out, never on terms, 4th of 5, 2 3/4l behind Palm Pilot (8-9) at Lingfield 1m 3yo hcp (4) pol.