held up, headway 7th, ridden after 3 out, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner
held up in rear, not fluent 6th, headway on outside 4 out, mistake 3 out, one pace next, 4th and no impression when mistake last
held up, keen early, not fluent 6th, headway next, ridden after 3 out, weakened before last
made all, clear approaching last, easily
tracked leaders, not fluent 6th or 7th, went 2nd before 3 out, no impression when mistake last, stayed on same pace
tracked winner, not fluent 5th or 6th, lost place 4 out, well beaten when pecked 3 out
tracked leaders, went 2nd 7th, ridden after 4 out, soon beaten, weakened before 2 out
LAMOOL has his first run over hurdles in this country but has won twice over fences and his latest third over 3m1f here last month was a decent effort. Providing he handles the drop back in distance, Tim Vaughan's charge may have too much class for Angus Glens, just beaten at Kelso after scoring at Southwell. Octagon left previous form behind when winning at Hexham but the ground was bottomless that day. Cartmel winner Never Up needs more under his penalty while Roc D'Apsis is better over fences nowadays. Oculist and Olympiad are best watched returning from a lengthy absence.
Angus Glens 8-11fav (11-5) Mid-division, tracked leaders after 4 out, left close up next, led narrowly approaching 2 out, pecked last, ridden and headed narrowly flat, kept to, just held, 2nd of 9, nk behind Running Brook (10-7) at Kelso 2m nh nov hdl (4) gd in May.
Octagon 12-1 (10-12) Held up in rear, headway to track leaders after 4th, led before last, driven clear flat, won at Hexham 2m nh nov hdl (4) hvy in May beating Astrum (10-12) by 10l, 7 ran.
Never Up (GER) 4-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders, went 2nd 3 out until not fluent 2 out, went 2nd again before last, led final 150 yards, stayed on, held on, won at Cartmel 2m 1f 4yo nov hdl (4) gs in May beating Romulus Du Donjon (11-5) by hd, 4 ran.
Lamool (GER) 7-1 (11-0) Held up in rear, headway after 4 out, stayed on flat, went 3rd close home, unable to challenge, 3rd of 10, 3l behind Bear's Affair (11-5) at Aintree 3m 1f hcp chs (2) gd in May.
Oculist 6-1 (11-0) Held up, hampered 2nd, headway 5th, led 3 out, not fluent last, headed flat, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 11, 3l behind Toughness Danon (10-9) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f mdn hdl (5) gf in Sep '13.
Olympiad (IRE) 25-1 (9-8) Always towards rear, ridden and weakened 3f out, 28th of 30, 42l behind Montefeltro (9-4) at Curragh 2m hcp gd in Oct '13 (flat).
Roc D'Apsis (FR) 5-1 (11-10) Tracked leaders, ridden 4 out, mistake last, tired flat and lost 3rd near finish, 4th of 10, 11l behind Minella Forfitness (11-10) at Bangor 2m 4f hcp chs 0-125 (3) gs in Mar.
