Always A Rock made all, shaken up inside final furlong, ran on well

Opera Prince held up in touch, ridden to chase winner and hung left 1f out, no impression

Agente Romano held up and behind, headway on wide outside over 2f out, came wide straight, kept on same pace final furlong

St Michael´s Mount took keen hold, chased winner, weakened final furlong

Tantris slowly into stride, soon held up in mid-division, headway over 2f out, not much room on inside just inside final furlong, one pace

Key News held up in mid-division, headway on outside over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out

Tallest Peak always behind

Annawanna slowly into stride, prominent until ridden and weakened over 2f out

Lucky Character prominent, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out

Bombay Dreams started slowly, always in rear

A moderate maiden, won resolutely from the front by ALWAYS A ROCK. This half-brother to smart sprinter Amadeus Wolf had made much of the running when second over a mile at Lingfield last month and this 7f may have suited him better.

Opera Prince had not shown a lot in two runs last season and has been gelded since. The operation seems to have worked and, though the gelding showed signs of greenness, hanging under pressure, this was a big step up on last year's form.

St Michael's Mount raced keenly on this first outing since September and that cost him in the closing stages.

Tantris did not have the best of runs in the straight and, considering he is bred to need much further, this was an encouraging first run of the season for him.

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