in touch, headway 5 out, ridden after 3 out, soon one pace
made all, stayed on strongly from 2 out
towards rear, never dangerous
tracked winner to 7th, regained 2nd approaching 2 out, always held
held up, headway 5th, chased winner 7th until approaching 2 out, faded
chased leaders to 3 out, soon weakened
always behind
Ritsi may be ordinary on the Flat though there was no fluke about his win in a Wetherby seller as the second has gone on to take a similar event in style. Mr Tingle looked to appreciate a switch to a sounder surface having put together a series of solid efforts on softer but HANNAH JACQUES is the most open to improvement. Nicky Richards' mare was useful enough in bumpers and, having taken some time to come to hand over hurdles, she will have gained plenty of confidence from her victory at Cartmel. Keltic Crisis has to be respected as a previous C&D winner but Cardinal Rose is best watched at present and Dipity Doo Dah is tried in blinkers having finished as runner-up in three of her last four outings.
Keltic Crisis (IRE) 11-8fav (11-4) Held up towards rear, headway when mistake 8th, led 2 out, clear last, easily, won at Bangor 3m cnd hcp hdl 0-95 (5) gd beating Prime Design (10-3) by 10l, 12 ran.
Mr Tingle 11-2fav (11-5) Held up mid-division, headway before 6 out, went 2nd after 4 out, led before 2 out, soon clear, easily, won at Worcester 2m 7f nov hcp hdl 0-95 (5) gd in Jun beating Scalleys Run (10-10) by 12l, 14 ran.
Ritsi 7-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, went 2nd after 2nd, led before 6th, headed after 2 out, weakened before last, 4th of 8, 21l behind Yesyoucan (10-12) at Hexham 2m nh nov hdl (4) hvy in Jun.
Hannah Jacques (IRE) 5-6fav (11-0) Always prominent, led on bit approaching last, clear flat, eased towards finish, won at Cartmel 2m 6f mdn hdl (5) gd in Jun beating Merry Minster (10-7) by 6l, 5 ran.
Cardinal Rose 5-1 (11-5) Chased leaders, led 4 out, headed next, soon ridden and weakened, 6th of 14, 23l behind Arctic Watch (10-10) at Newton Abbot 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gd in Apr.
Dipity Doo Dah 15-8 (10-5) Held up in touch in last, not fluent 5th, closed after 3 out, went 2nd next, led last, edged left and headed flat, held towards finish, 2nd of 5, 1l behind Dirty Bertie (11-2) at Market Rasen 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-110 (4) sft in Jul.
Exit To Freedom 12-1 (10-6) Behind, struggling 4th, soon detatched, never dangerous, 10th of 13, well behind South Stack (11-4) at Market Rasen 2m 3f nov hcp hdl 0-100 (5) gf.
