made all, pushed along 3f out, ridden and pressed inside final furlong, in command towards finish
in rear, ridden 9f out, driven in 7th over 5f out, no impression
with winner, ridden over 7f out, weakened over 3f out
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, stayed on under pressure, not able to challenge
in touch, ridden and lost place 7f out, tailed off
held up towards rear, ridden 7f out, soon behind, tailed off
in touch on outside, ridden and lost place over 6f out
held up in rear, steady headway from 7f out, ridden over 2f out, beaten over 1f out
mid-division, headway over 5f out, ridden 3f out, beaten 1f out
tracked leaders, chased winner 5f out, ridden 3f out, every chance inside final furlong, held towards finish
COCK OF THE ROCK carries a penalty for his C&D victory last June but is still difficult to oppose. He failed by the narrowest of margins to make a winning reappearance back at this track and can go one better here reunited with winning partner Tony McCoy. Vinomore and Golden Lad are hard to fancy so a bigger threat could come from one of the newcomers and Valentine Bhoy makes most appeal of those. He's a half-brother to a bumper winner, as is Vehement, and the latter could also figure.
Cock Of The Rock (IRE) 2-1 (11-9) Pressed leader, led over 6f out, ridden 3f out, headed over 1f out, led again inside final furlong, headed near finish, 2nd of 12, shd behind Barton Stacey (10-11) at Worcester 2m NH flat (6) gf in May.
Cleeve Cloud (IRE) Noverre gelding out of La Galeisa.
Midnight Breeze Midnight Legend gelding out of Fly The Wind.
Shades Of Autumn (IRE) Anshan gelding out of Be Right.
Golden Lad 100-1 (10-5) Chased leaders 10f, 8th of 11, 37l behind Barney Cool (10-12) at Fontwell 1m 6f NH flat (6) gd in May.
Prince Du Nord (FR) Voix Du Nord gelding out of Alexa Dela Garenne.
Valentine Bhoy Beat All gelding out of Deep Line.
Vinniewhitefoot Grape Tree Road colt out of Mistress Return.
Vehement Refuse To Bend mare out of Velvet Lady.
Vinomore 66-1 (10-0) Mid-division, reminders 7f out, behind and struggling over 4f out, 10th of 15, 38l behind Rock On Ruby (11-4) at Cheltenham 2m NH flat Listed (1) gs in Nov.
Almighty Bruce (USA) Signal gelding out of Super Skirt.
