dwelt, took keen hold, held up, pushed along and headway approaching final furlong, ran on, not reach winner
raced wide close up, ridden and weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, one pace and lost 2nd inside final furlong
tracked leader, led 2f out, ridden out
in touch, ridden and weakened over 1f out
awkwardly away, in rear, wide and headway approaching final furlong, nearest finish
led, pushed along and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong
Coase has a chance on recent form but was due to run at Newcastle last night. Across The Nile landed a seller over track and trip last month while Bronze River placed off today’s mark at Newcastle and Fieldsman went close at Kempton on his penultimate start. ROBERT WALPOLE hasn’t raced since last summer but has switched to Roger Varian’s yard since then and may prove good enough making his handicap debut at this modest level.
Robert Walpole 17-2 (9-10) Raced keenly, mid-division, headway over 2f out, pushed along over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 5 1/4l behind Long Tradition (9-10) at Chelmsford City 1m stks (4) pol in Jul.
Noble Dawn (GER) 11-1 (9-2) Steadied start, held up in last pair, weakened over 2f out, last of 6, 10 1/4l behind Dark Company (9-3) at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Fieldsman (USA) 18-1 (8-6) Led, headed over 2f out, weakened from over 1f out, 6th of 8, 8l behind Alrehb (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Across The Nile 15-8fav (8-11) Pressed leader, led over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, driven out, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (6) pol in Jan beating Vocatus (8-12) by 1/2l, 7 ran.
Gertcha (IRE) 3-1jfav (9-9) Soon led, pushed along over 2f out, soon headed, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 15 3/4l behind Elhafei (9-7) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Bronze River 15-2 (8-9) Edged left start, mid-division, headway over 3f out, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, lost 2nd well inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 9, 2 1/2l behind Abnaa (8-10) at Newcastle 1m hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Drish Hero (IRE) 28-1 (10-2) Chased leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden to dispute 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra final furlong, 9th of 14, 8 1/4l behind Joupe (8-13) at Dundalk 7f hcp pol in Nov.
Bertog 40-1 (9-1) Off the pace and always towards rear, 10th of 12, 12l behind Daafy (8-12) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Coase 4-1 (9-2) In touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, gaining towards finish when easy winner was heavily eased towards finish, 2nd of 9, 1/2l behind Enfranchise (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Feb.