held up and keen, headway 10th, hit 4 out, soon weakened
in touch, went 2nd at 9th, led 11th, hit 3 out, headed last, kept on, always held towards finish
always behind and not fluent, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out
mid-division, headway 7th, went 2nd 4 out, challenged when hit next, weakened last
in touch, hit 8th and 9th, weakened 10th, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out
prominent, went 2nd from 5th until 9th, weakened 4 out
held up, headway 10th, led last, kept on under pressure
prominent, weakened 4 out
always behind, blundered 10th, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out
mid-division, headway 11th, weakened approaching 2 out
always behind, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out
An open look to this beginners' chase where there are a few obvious ones with chances including O'Maley, Money Order and Flying Falcon and Money Order is taken to score. The Brendan Powell-trained gelding has thus far enjoyed getting his toe in, in winning three of his four starts, two of them over hurdles. Today's ground is on the easy side of good, so hopefully it should not be a major problem, and there is no better pilot than A P McCoy to nurture and nurse him to victory. O'Maley is an interesting opponent. The ex-French trained gelding already has one race over fences on his CV when third at Newbury last year and he has been seen only once since. Certain to have been well prepared he is a serious threat. Appleaday goes on any ground and will be suited by this trip, but he needs to improve on his hurdles form to take this, Carnival Town may be a better proposition now tried over fences, if he can reproduce his hurdles form, while What A Scientist is another chansing debutante not without a chance, though he appears to prefer bottomless ground and our preference is for Money Order.
Appleaday (IRE) 25-1 (11-0) Chased leaders, weakened from 3 out, 8th of 18, 22l behind Special Envoy (11-6) at Newbury 2m nov hdl (4) gs in Mar.
Carnival Town 7-2 (11-9) Tracked winner, mistake 3rd, ridden 5th, weakened approaching 2 out, 3rd of 10, 19l behind Pancake (11-3) at Warwick 2m 3f nh nov hdl (4) hvy in Feb.
Deep Reflection 12-1 (11-2) Tracked leader, mistake 5th, ridden and lost 2nd approaching 3 out, weakened approaching 2 out, 5th of 16, 16l behind Give Me A Dime (11-2) at Towcester 2m 3f mdn hdl (4) gf in Apr.
Flying Falcon 16-1 (10-8) In touch, ridden after 4 out, soon weakened, 10th of 22, 14l behind Two Miles West (10-7) at Aintree 2m 4f lst hcp hdl (1) gd in Apr.
Glinton 25-1 (11-3) Chased leaders, ridden after 3 out, weakened after 2 out, 16th of 17, 19l behind Mill House Girl (11-2) at Cheltenham 2m cnd hcp hdl 0-135 (3) gd in Oct.
Hot Chocolat 15-2 (12-5) Lft in ld 1-7; lost plce 9; 6th when pulled up in race won by Rory'stown Boy (12-5) at Tabley 3m ptp gd in Apr, 12 ran.
Leading Authority (IRE) 4-1 (11-9) Held up in touch, headway 7th, ridden to chase easy winner from 3 out, 2nd of 9, 11l behind Mark The Book (11-9) at Chepstow 3m nov hdl (4) hvy in Mar.
Money Order (IRE) 4-5fav (11-8) Held up, headway to track leaders before 3 out, chased leader 3 out, hit 2 out, challenged last, hard driven to lead flat, all out near finish, won at Newbury 2m 5f nh nov hdl (4) sft in Mar beating Super Nick (10-12) by a nk, 7 ran.
O'maley (FR) 14-1 (11-12) Always behind, eased when no chance approaching 2 out, 6th of 9, well behind Mac Federal (10-10) at Kempton 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-135 (3) sft in Feb.
Presumptuous 7-4fav (11-3) Mid-division, headway 3 out, driven next, ridden to lead last, stayed on flat, won at Sedgefield 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-130 (3) gf in Apr '06 beating Pay Attention (11-5) by 2 1/2l, 11 ran.
Royal Kicks (FR) 4-1 (11-1) In touch, ridden approaching 2 out, weakened before last, 4th of 18, 18l behind Jungleland (11-1) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f nov hdl (3) gs in Mar.
What A Scientist (IRE) 14-1 (11-12) Always in rear, ridden and struggling 9th, 11th of 14, well behind Lothian Falcon (11-2) at Cheltenham 3m nov hcp hdl (3) gd in Apr.
