in touch in rear, ridden over 1f out, not trouble leaders
keen, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace
dwelt, in touch in rear, not clear run from over 1f out, ridden and ran on close home, nearest finish
tracked winner, ridden over 2f out, faded inside final furlong
made all, edged right to stand side rail over 1f out, ridden and ran on gamely
close up, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, chased winner inside final furlong
in touch in rear, pushed along and headway over 1f out, effort inside final furlong, stayed on
Withdrawn
Until Midnight can’t get much lower in the weights and Picture Dealer has plummeted down the handicap so is also worth a second look. Gold Club has been getting closer and case can probably also be made for Rockley Point but COMPAS SCOOBIE (NAP) hasn’t stopped improving yet judged on an easy win at Wolverhampton last Saturday and, unpenalised, he showed enough on Turf last season to suggest a first win on this surface is on the cards.
Rockley Point 4-1 (9-9) Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, never dangerous, 5th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Call Out Loud (9-6) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Gold Club 4-1 (9-7) Tracked leader, edged left from over 1f out, led inside final furlong, headed and no extra well inside final furlong, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Nezar (9-6) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Compas Scoobie 11-4fav (9-7) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, kept on, won at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (5) pol in Apr beating Cultured Knight (9-10) by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.
Out Of The Ashes 9-2 (9-9) Raced wide tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 6, 7 1/2l behind London (9-9) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Picture Dealer 14-1 (9-6) Not much room and slowly into stride, behind, modest effort 1f out, no impression, 8th of 11, 4 1/4l behind Varsovian (9-6) at Lingfield 6f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Gung Ho Jack (9-0) 4th of 13, at Saint Moritz 6f pol in Feb.
Until Midnight (IRE) 25-1 (8-9) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, unable to quicken inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 2 1/2l behind Take The Helm (9-2) at Lingfield 7f hcp (3) pol in Apr.
Desert River (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Slowly away, in rear, never dangerous, 9th of 12, 7 3/4l behind Encore Moi (8-11) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Easy Code 20-1 (8-6) Close up, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 7, 37 1/4l behind Rococoa (8-8) at Newmarket 6f hcp (3) gf in Aug.