raced wide close up, headway 2f out, ridden to lead entering final furlong, ran on
slowly away towards rear, pushed along and headway over 1f out, ridden and stayed on towards finish
in touch, pushed along 3f out, not pace to challenge
in rear, ridden over 2f out, never a factor
tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong
in touch, headway entering final 2f, ridden to press winner inside final furlong, unable to quicken inside final furlong
tracked leader, ridden to press leader over 1f out, no extra towards finish
led, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, no extra towards finish
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Plenty of recent winners with claims. Abel Tasman won nicely over track and trip last time and Parole finished well in front of Royal Shaheen when successful at Redcar. Bahkit won a low grade handicap at Newcastle but has plenty of scope while Mooltazem went close at Ripon last week with Daawy in close attendance and that pair are hard to separate. ROCKWOOD has a 13lb hike in the weights to contend with but had tumbled down the weights before scoring by nine lengths at Musselburgh and is not badly treated on previous winning form. He gets the vote to go in again.
Mooltazem (IRE) 7-2 (9-4) Tracked leaders, raced keenly, not clear run over 2f out or over 1f out and dropped to rear, still not clear run inside final furlong, gap opened on rail final 75 yards, finished well, went 2nd close home, just held, 2nd of 6, nk behind Mikmak (8-13) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp stks (4) gd in Jun.
Daawy (IRE) 7-1 (9-1) Slowly into stride, held up, not clear run and switched left over 2f out, ran on inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 1/2l behind Mikmak (8-13) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp stks (4) gd in Jun.
Rockwood 11-2 (8-11) Held up, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden clear final furlong, won at Musselburgh 1m 1f hcp (5) gd in Jun beating Chinese Spirit (9-1) by 9l, 10 ran.
Seven Clans (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Held up in rear, hard ridden final 2f, no impression, 9th of 13, 6l behind Extra Mile (9-7) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Apr.
Save The Bees 25-1 (9-6) Held up in rear, never dangerous, last of 6, 6 3/4l behind Francis Xavier (9-3) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Abel Tasman 3-1 (9-4) Held up towards rear, travelling well when switched right and headway over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, stayed on strongly, won at Haydock 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in May beating Mac O'polo (9-2) by 3 3/4l, 9 ran.
Punkawallah 11-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, hard driven over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 15, 16 1/2l behind What A Welcome (9-4) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp (5) gd in May.
Bahkit (IRE) 2-1fav (9-4) Raced keenly in front, steadied pace halfway, narrowly headed inside final furlong, rallied gamely to lead again final 100 yards, all out, won at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Sep beating Perceived (9-8) by shd, 11 ran.
Medalla De Oro 10-1 (8-13) Raced alone near side and overall leader, still clear of far side group 3f out until ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 3 1/4l behind Celestial Spheres (9-4) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Nov.
Royal Shaheen (FR) 16-1 (9-5) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, never a threat, 6th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Parole (8-9) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in May.
Parole (IRE) 8-1 (8-9) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, switched right to challenge over 1f out, stayed on strongly to lead closing stages, won at Redcar 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in May beating Scottish Summit (9-4) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
