held up mid-division, headway 6f out, chased winner 5f out, ridden and hung left 2f out, rider dropped whip entering final furlong, not quicken
held up towards rear, weakened over 6f out
held up towards rear, weakened halfway, tailed off
made all, ridden over 2f out, kept on under pressure from over 1f out
held up towards rear, headway to chase leaders 5f out, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 2f out
chased leaders, chased winner after 5f, ridden and weakened over 4f out
held up in rear, weakened halfway, tailed off
Youngstown sets a decent standard and should be better suited to this track than Catterick but it would be no surprise to see this go to one of the newcomers. We'll row in with Lennox Gardens. Play On Words is the second foal of Triumph Hurdle heroine Snow Drop and is sure to have been well prepared ahead of his debut. Time To Panic is from a decent jumping family and may benefit from a bit more time. What Luck and Blazing Desert are both related to bumper winners and all four of those hail from yards that are more than capable of saddling winners in these heats. The market should help to sort them out but Carl Llewellyn's presence in the saddle has been a fair pointer to the chances of his yard's horses over the past couple of seasons so Lennox Gardens gets the nod.
Play On Words (FR) Nikos gelding, half-brother to top-class French hurdler Lina Drop.
Time To Panic (IRE) Broken Hearted gelding out of an unraced mare.
Wild Jack (IRE) 20-1 (11-6) Prominent, lost place and weakened approaching straight, 13th of 18, 31l behind Cool Reply (11-4) at Listowel 2m nhf gs in Sept.
Youngstown (IRE) 15-8fav (10-11) Held up in touch, led 4f out, headed 3f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 15, 9l behind Katapult (11-1) at Catterick 2m mdn nhf (6) sft in Jan.
Blazing Desert Beat All gelding, half-brother to winning hurdler/bumper Creinch.
Lennox Gardens Anabaa Blue gelding, half-brother to 1m1f-1m4f winner Arella and 7f winner Abide.
Payyousoon Riverhead filly out of an unraced mare.
