Golden Ace (2/1), Blueking D'oroux (3/1), Thunder Rock (5/1), Salver (11/2), Lucky Place (9/1), Colonel Mustard (10/1)
Blueking D'oroux (FR) 16-1 (11-10) Held up tracking leaders, disputing 3rd when bad mistake and lost place 6th, rallied out wide home turn, chasing leaders when not much room 2 out, soon 3rd, 4th and no impression when went badly left last, 4th of 8, 9l behind Impaire Et Passe (11-10) at Sandown 2m 5f (1) gd in Apr.
Salver (FR) 10-1 (11-2) Prominent, led 3 out and soon pressed, ridden and headed approaching last, kept on one pace, 3rd of 12, 6 1/4l behind Majborough (11-2) at Cheltenham 2m 1f (1) hvy in Mar.
Colonel Mustard (FR) 7-2 (11-12) Held up in touch, outpaced before 2 out where not fluent, ridden and went second approaching last, kept on to chase winner flat, 2nd of 3, 3l behind Solness (11-12) at Sligo 2m 2f Yielding in Oct.
Lucky Place (FR) 25-1 (11-4) Towards rear, wide and headway approaching last, stayed on towards finish, 4th of 21, 4 3/4l behind Langer Dan (11-8) at Cheltenham 2m 5f hcp (1) sft in Mar.
Thunder Rock (IRE) 22-1 (11-10) Held up in rear, outpaced when not fluent 13th, started jumping right and getting behind, tailed off 3 out, pulled up before 2 out, at Aintree 3m 1f (1) sft in Apr.
Golden Ace 4-9fav (11-7) Held up and off the pace towards rear, smooth headway tracking leaders approaching 2 out, led before the last, came readily clear run-in, won at Cheltenham 2m 4f lst (1) gd in Apr beating Ooh Betty (11-2) by 8 1/2l, 9 ran.
