made most, hard ridden when strongly pressed from inside final 2f, kept slight lead until headed final strides
tracked leaders and keen, ridden on outside 2f out, outpaced over 1f out, no threat after
tracked leading pair, switched left over 2f out, ridden and outpaced over 1f out, no threat after
pressed leader, ridden over 1f out, sustained challenge throughout final furlong, led final strides
steadied start, held up in 5th, headway under pressure 2f out, ridden in 3rd over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, no extra close home
Sir Plato is two from two over course and distance but has been raised a massive 10lb having only prevailed by a short-head last time. Rumpole won over track and trip last month but didn’t really build on that next time at Doncaster while another course winner, Fastnet Spin, was only third behind Meshaykh at Leicester last month, though is 8lb better off. RUBENS DREAM (NAP) improved significantly on his debut when winning narrowly at Haydock. There should be plenty more to come from Charlie Hills’ colt so he gets the nod in a tricky heat.
Rumpole 14-1 (9-3) In touch, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, faded, 7th of 12, 4 1/4l behind Afaak (9-8) at Doncaster 1m hcp (4) sft in Jun.
Rubens Dream 13-2 (9-5) Slow into stride soon outpaced, headway in centre from 3f out, ridden and ran on to lead final strides, won at Haydock 7f mdn stks (4) sft in Jun beating Peach Melba (9-0) by shd, 7 ran.
Meshaykh (IRE) 15-8fav (9-2) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, clear inside final furlong, eased towards finish, won at Leicester 1m hcp fll (5) gd in May beating Twiggy (8-8) by 1l, 12 ran.
Sir Plato (IRE) 5-2fav (9-8) Chased leader, led 3f out and brought field centre in straight, led 3f out, ridden clear over 1f out, just held on, won at Windsor 1m hcp (5) gs in May beating Peloton (9-2) by shd, 10 ran.
Fastnet Spin (IRE) 16-1 (8-8) Chased leaders centre, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, no impression from over 1f fout, 6th of 10, 7 3/4l behind Bahamadam (9-5) at Leicester 7f hcp fll (4) gs in May.