led narrowly to halfway, lost place over 6f out, soon behind and weakened, tailed off
with leader, led narrowly halfway, headed 6f out, lost place and weakened 4f out, tailed off
held up in last pair in touch, outpaced over 6f out, rallied to chase leading pair 4f out, ridden and no chance in 3rd final 3f
tracked leaders, outpaced 5f out, weakened 4f out, tailed off
tracked leaders, headway to lead 6f out, ridden 3f out, soon hard pressed, headed inside final furlong, stayed on towards finish, just held
held up in last pair in touch, headway 6f out, went 2nd over 4f out, driven to challenge 3f out, ridden and outpaced when switched inside over 1f out, rallied to lead inside final furlong, just held on
A P McCoy, who has just one booked ride earlier, hangs around to ride Jonjo O'Neill's newcomer Suit Yourself, a 58,000 euros son of Flemensfirth from a strong jumping family. He's obviously one to keep an eye on in the market and the competition doesn't look all that strong. Preseli Rock was a bit disappointing at Chepstow after a promising start at Ascot but may not have enjoyed the testing conditions though SHOTOFWINE looks a more likely winner. He had two promising starts for Henry Daly before changing hands for £75,000 at Cheltenham Sales and making his debut for Donald McCain at Catterick a fortnight ago. He had no answer to Southern Strife that day but the winner is well above average and he can go one better.
Coltfortyfive 50-1 (12-0) (tt) wl bhnd when pu 12, in a race won by Jepeck (12-0) at Black Forest Club 2m 4f ptp gs in Nov, 15 ran.
Dounya's Boy 100-1 (11-4) Tracked leaders and keen, weakened over 4f out, soon tailed off, 8th of 9, well behind Vintage Clouds (11-4) at Wetherby 2m NH flat (6) sft in Jan.
Jaunty Thor 25-1 (11-3) Held up in rear, headway over 4f out, went 3rd over 1f out, stayed on, 3rd of 9, 5l behind Nutcracker Prince (10-4) at Bangor 2m 1f NH flat (6) sft.
Nomadic Lad 33-1 (10-12) In touch on outside, lost place over 4f out, soon weakened, tailed off, 6th of 10, 47l behind Ballyhenry (10-12) at Warwick 2m NH flat (6) sft in Jan.
Preseli Rock (IRE) 2-1fav (11-0) Led after 1f, headed over 14f out, led again 6f out, headed over 4f out, no impression on winner final 2f, lost 2nd inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 14l behind Ghost River (11-2) at Chepstow 2m NH flat (5) hvy in Dec.
Suit Yourself (IRE) Flemensfirth gelding out of Corbetstown Queen.
Shotofwine 15-8 (10-11) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, no chance with winner from over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 8, 10l behind Southern Strife (10-3) at Catterick 2m NH flat (6) gs.
