tracked leaders, 2nd and poised to challenge 4 out, led narrowly 2 out, ridden and stayed on gamely flat, found extra near finish
led 1st, jumped left from 4th, ridden after 3 out, headed narrowly next, upsides and every chance flat, kept on, no extra near finish
led to 1st, pressed leader, not fluent and lost place 4th, blundered next, soon struggling in rear, lost touch from 3 out, tailed off
tracked leaders, outpaced by front pair after 3 out, no impression in clear 3rd before last
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Having taken 19 attempts to get off the mark over hurdles, XPO UNIVERSEL has won twice more. One of those victories came on this track at the start of the month and he’s ridiculously well handicapped if doing better over fences second time around. Blue Bullet pulled up at Bangor on Friday after making errors while Divine Port is back from yet another break. Trooblue is possibly best of the rest ahead of Ballasalla.
Divine Port (USA) 6-1 (11-9) Tracked winner, ridden and effort approaching 2 out, kept on until no extra after last, well held in 3rd final 100 yards, 3rd of 8, 7l behind Make It Happen (10-12) at Kelso 2m 2f hcp (4) hvy in Apr.
Ballasalla (IRE) 8-1 (10-12) Chased leaders, effort approaching 2 out, weakened last, 4th of 8, 21l behind Clondaw Anchor (10-12) at Carlisle 2m 1f (4) gs in Nov.
Xpo Universel (FR) 7-4fav (11-4) Tracked leader, led before 2 out, driven clear between last 2, in no danger after, eased towards finish, very easily, won at Kelso 2m hcp (4) gs in Dec beating Las Tunas (10-4) by 21l, 11 ran.
Trooblue 3-1 (10-13) Tracked leaders, pecked 5 out, weakened and lost 2nd place run-in, 3rd of 5, 15l behind Inch Lala (11-9) at Sedgefield 2m 3f hcp (4) sft in Dec.
Blue Bullet (FR) 3-1 (11-12) Led 1st, headed next, tracked leaders, blundered 4th, pushed along and mistake 7th, close up, ridden 3 out, pulled up next, at Bangor 2m 1f hcp (4) sft in Dec.
Vasco D'Ycy (FR) 10-1 (11-5) Held up towards rear, pushed along before 3 out, soon weakened, 12th of 15, dist behind Beer Goggles (11-12) at Ayr 3m hcp (3) gs in Apr.