made all, pressed before 2 out, clear approaching last, ridden out
mistakes, chased leaders, lost place 5th, well behind from 4 out, went remote 4th after last
held up towards rear, modest 6th when not fluent 3 out, soon weakened
mid-division, not fluent 4th, headway after next, mistake 3 out, soon weakened
held up in rear, struggling 4 out, mistake and well beaten next
chased winner until before 4th, stayed handy, weakened after 3 out
tracked leaders, went 2nd before 4th, not fluent next, 1/2 length down and ridden before 2 out, no impression when not fluent and lost 2nd last, one pace
held up towards rear, not fluent 5th, headway after next, ridden before 2 out, no impression on winner when taking 2nd last, one pace
in rear, headway after 5th, lost place before next, well behind 4 out, pulled up before 2 out
Sedgefield winner Grove Silver would have every chance in this on his latest second at Sandown, despite the penalty. Wolf Sword ran well behind the odds-on One Track Mind at Wetherby and looks to be improving while Alphabet Bay led for a long way when fifth at Doncaster and is another with scope. Winning pointers Tambour Major and Westend Star are probably also capable of better than they've shown so far but this can go to BECAUSESHESAIDSO. He stayed on strongly to beat a subsequent hurdles winner in a bumper here in the autumn and got bogged down in the Leicester mud on his hurdling debut.
Grove Silver (IRE) 14-1 (11-9) Led, clear until after 3rd, 3 lengths ahead when left about 8 lengths clear last, no extra final 100 yards, headed towards finish, 2nd of 10, 1l behind Ivy Gate (10-8) at Sandown 2m 4f nov hcp hdl 0-120 (4) sft in Feb.
Alphabet Bay (IRE) 16-1 (11-5) Led, headed 3 out, weakened before last, 5th of 11, 23l behind Glingerburn (11-12) at Doncaster 2m nov hdl (4) gd in Jan.
Ballalough 12-1 (11-0) Held up mid-division, weakened over 3f out, 7th of 10, 49l behind Imada (11-0) at Ayr 2m NH flat (6) gs in Nov.
Becauseshesaidso (IRE) 5-1 (11-2) Mid-division, not that fluent, headway before 7th, weakened 2 out, 5th of 10, 38l behind As De Mee (11-8) at Leicester 2m 4f NH nov hdl (4-7yo) (3) hvy in Jan.
Primo Rossi 66-1 (11-5) In rear, not fluent 4th, well behind after next, tailed off, 7th of 9, well behind Beast Of Burden (11-5) at Ffos Las 2m nh nov hdl (4) hvy in Jan.
Tambour Major (FR) 4-5 (12-0) Held up; chall 3 out; outpcd aft nxt, 2nd of 3, 6l behind Kalastar (12-0) at Jedforest 3m ptp gs in Jan.
Westend Star (IRE) 8-1 (11-4) Prominent, not fluent, mistake 2nd, lost place 3 out, soon weakened, 6th of 10, 32l behind Ustica (11-4) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f mdn hdl (5) sft in Feb.
Wolf Sword (IRE) 50-1 (11-3) In rear, headway before 4 out, went 2nd before 2 out, kept on and no chance with winner, 2nd of 9, 6l behind One Track Mind (11-9) at Wetherby 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) gd in Feb.
Just Bee (IRE) 200-1 (10-2) Held up mid-division, lost place over 6f out, 10th of 14, 45l behind Brain Power (10-4) at Newcastle 2m NH flat (6) gs in Feb.
Harleys Max 200-1 (10-5) Mistakes, always behind, tailed off 8th, last of 4, well behind Lough Derg Walk (11-5) at Catterick 3m 1f nov hdl (4) gs in Feb.
