slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden 2f out, running on when switched right inside final furlong, just denied
made all, ridden over 2f out, edged left close home, held on
in touch, lost place and behind from halfway
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
towards rear, ridden and hung left over 1f out, switched right and plugged on
mid-division, ridden and headway 3f out, hung right on bend over 2f out, edged left over 1f out and soon weakened
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on
mid-division, ridden over 2f out to chase leaders, soon weakened
in touch, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
It will be interesting to see how Jamie Osborne's newcomer Rockfield Lodge performs on his debut but the son of Stravinsky faces no easy task with a more likely winner looking to be Non Sucre, who gets the vote over Phoenix Flight. The last mentioned represents the in-form yard of Sir Mark Prescott and has to be respected having made a promising debut when a creditable third on his Redcar debut. The son of Hawk Wing should get further in time though and may find the selection too sharp for him at this stage in his career. Mark Johnston's Casino Night is entitled to come on for her debut effort at Hamilton and makes more appeal than Ed Dunlop's Wannarock who was well held on his Windsor debut. The vote then goes to Paul Blockley's Non Sucre who was doing all of his best work late on in the race when staying on at the end of five furlongs at Folkestone last time and should appreciate the extra two furlongs today.
Non Sucre (USA) 5-1 (9-3) Chased winner, driven to challenge and edged right 1f out, ran on, just held, 2nd of 5, hd behind Geoffdaw (9-3) at Folkestone 5f 2yo mdn auc (6) gf in Apr.
Phoenix Flight (IRE) 7-4fav (9-3) Held up mid-division, ridden and headway 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 11, 6l behind Borasco (8-12) at Redcar 7f 2yo mdn (5) sft in Jun.
Rockfield Lodge (IRE) Stravinsky colt out of winning miler La Belle Simone.
Townkab (IRE) Intikhab colt out of a lightly-raced mare.
Yankee Storm Yankee Gentleman colt, half-brother to several winners from 6f-1m.
Casino Night 11-1 (8-12) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 6, 7l behind Double Attack (8-9) at Hamilton 6f 2yo mdn (4) gf in Jun.
Loose Caboose (IRE) 100-1 (9-0) Started slowly, always rear division, 11th of 13, 20l behind Salingers Star (9-0) at Pontefract 6f 2yo mdn fll (5) gs in Jun.
Wannarock (IRE) 7-1 (9-3) In touch, ridden over 2f out, no headway, 6th of 10, 6l behind Seeking Star (9-3) at Windsor 6f 2yo mdn (5) gd in Jun.