held up towards rear on outside, bumped 6th, headway 11th, outpaced after 15th, weakened before 3 out, mistake 2 out
tracked leaders, lost place 4th, ridden 11th, struggling 14th, well beaten after 15th
prominent, not fluent 2nd, led 4th until 11th, led 4 out, headed before next, hampered and switched right when close 3rd before last, weakened flat
mid-division, mistake and lost place 5th, bumped next, headway 12th, no extra 3 out
in rear, sometimes jumped left, not fluent 5th, behind before 11th, pulled up after 13th
tracked leaders, close up 14th, lost place 4 out
led until after 1st, tracked leaders, close up 11th, ridden after 15th, jumped left and not fluent 2 out, hampered before last, stayed on to lead close home
held up towards rear, headway before 5th, ridden after 10th, lost place 12th, behind 15th, stayed on from 2 out, went 3rd flat
led after 1st until 4th, led 11th, headed 4 out, led before next, hung left approaching last and flat, edged right towards finish, headed close home
SNUKER's chief asset is his stamina - he won over 4m at Hexham in November and over 3m3f over hurdles at Kelso in January. He'll be staying on here when others have cried enough and that may well be enough in a contest which features several who struggle to get their heads in front. Armedanddangerous is one of the latter but he has won here over hurdles while Forty Crown is relatively unexposed over fences, though was behind Lady Of Verona at Hexham a year ago. Musselburgh second Bertie Milan will enjoy this more searching test and may be the pick of the remainder ahead of Outlaw Tom and Basford Ben.
Forty Crown (IRE) 11-4 (10-13) In rear, headway before 9th, went 3rd from 2 out, chased winner run-in, no impression, 2nd of 6, 1 1/2l behind Houndscourt (10-4) at Sedgefield 2m 6f hcp chs 0-120 (4) gs in Feb.
Outlaw Tom (IRE) 8-1 (10-13) Chased winner, hit 2nd, lost 2nd when blundered and unseated rider 10th, in a race won by Beeves (11-11) at Newcastle 3m hcp chs 0-120 (4) sft in Jan, 5 ran.
Bertie Milan (IRE) 10-1 (11-6) With leader, led after 10th, headed before 2 out, one pace and no impression on winner, 2nd of 8, 9l behind Purcell's Bridge (11-12) at Musselburgh 3m hcp ch 0-110 (4) sft in Jan.
Lady Of Verona (IRE) 16-1 (10-8) Always towards rear, 4th of 8, 22l behind No Through Road (11-3) at Ayr 3m 1f hcp chs 0-120 (4) sft in Jan.
Snuker 7-2 (10-7) Chased leaders, hit 3rd, lost place after 8th, towards rear and reminders next, rallied under pressure after 3 out, chased leaders again next, challenged between last 2, led last, ridden clear flat, won at Kelso 3m 3f hcp hdl 0-100 (5) hvy in Jan beating Kilquiggan (11-0) by 13l, 9 ran.
One Cool Clarkson 9-1 (9-13) Soon disputed lead, slight mistake 3rd, soon headed, remained prominent, pushed along before 11th, dropped to 6th at 12th, soon reminders, 4th and not fluent 2 out, no impression from before last, one pace, 4th of 11, 8l behind Aurora Bell (10-13) at Down Royal 3m hcp chs 0-116 in Feb.
Basford Ben 9-1 (10-2) Tracked leaders on outside, weakened before 15th, 5th of 10, 26l behind Barton Gift (11-0) at Bangor 3m 6f hcp chs 0-120 (4) sft in Feb.
Armedanddangerous (IRE) 4-1 (11-4) Led until not fluent 3rd, reminder and led next, headed before reminder 5th, led 6th until 7th, ridden after 8th, lost place next, behind 11th, left 2nd last, no chance with winner, 2nd of 6, 26l behind Dixie Bull (11-0) at Ffos Las 3m hcp chs 0-100 (5) hvy in Jan.
Viking Rebel (IRE) 33-1 (9-7) Led to 2nd, led 7th, headed 8 out, weakened from 2 out, 5th of 8, 26l behind No Through Road (11-3) at Ayr 3m 1f hcp chs 0-120 (4) sft in Jan.
