held up in touch in rear, headway on inside 3rd, led next, mistake 3 out, in command when not fluent and rider lost iron last, stayed on well
held up, headway approaching 4th, ridden to chase winner after 2 out, stayed on same pace, no impression
pressed leader until after 3rd, soon lost place, behind from 5th, mistake 3 out, tailed off
led, hit 3rd, headed next, wandered 5th, not fluent 6th, driven after 3 out, weakened flat
tracked leaders, took keen hold, wandered 2nd, not fluent and lost place 4th, behind next, fell 6th
held up, mistake 2nd, headway approaching 4th, ridden after 3 out, weakened before next, tailed off
The four-year-old Layla's Dancer should make a bold bid to follow up his narrow debut win at Uttoxeter but may find the concession of 13lb to BOA beyond him. Reg Hollinshead's mare, placed in Bumpers earlier in her career, has won twice over middle-distance on the Flat this year and gets all the allowances on her hurdling bow. Ravi River, another recruit from the Flat, was only beaten a head over C&D last month and should find a similar race soon but The Tiddly Tadpole may struggle to add to his Cartmel success under a penalty.
The Tiddly Tadpole 12-1 (10-13) Held up behind, ridden before 2 out, headway before last, kept on, 5th of 9, 5l behind Sansili (9-13) at Stratford 2m hcp hdl 0-125 (3) gf in Jul.
Layla's Dancer 12-1 (10-9) Tracked leaders, ridden and in 2nd before 2 out, led last, driven out, won at Uttoxeter 2m nh nov hdl (4) gd in Jun beating Art Broker (10-12) by shd, 11 ran.
Klampenborg 33-1 (11-0) Led, jumped right 6th, not fluent 8th, headed when mistake 3 out, weakened before next, 10th of 12, 50l behind Benedict Spirit (11-0) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f mdn hdl (5) gs in Jun '10.
Ravi River (IRE) 2-1fav (10-12) Held up towards rear and keen, soon in rear, headway after 3 out, held in 3rd when left 2nd after last, pressed winner run-in, just held towards finish, 2nd of 6, hd behind Kack Handed (10-12) at Bangor 2m 1f nh nov hdl (4) gd in Jul.
Lord Wheathill 66-1 (8-2) Ridden to lead, ridden and headed 8f out, weakened rapidly, tailed off and virtually pulled up over 2f out, 9th of 10, well behind Shifting Gold (9-4) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-65 (6) fbs in Jul (flat).
Boa 4-1fav (10-11) Chased leaders, led over 2f out, joined inside final furlong, headed and outpaced final 110 yards, 3rd of 14, 5l behind Yemeni Princess (10-1) at Lingfield 2m mdn nat hunt flt (4-6yo) (6) std in Feb '10.
