held up in rear, chased leaders 5 out, hard ridden to challenge 2 out, soon weakened
held up in touch, headway when not fluent 7th, jumped slowly next, weakened 4 out
led until 7th, soon under pressure, weakened before 2 out
with leader, led 7th, hit 2 out, headed last, rallied flat, kept on well
tracked leaders, led last, hard driven, all out
Peter Monteith's St Killian's Run bounced back to winning ways when successful at Newcastle last week and he has every chance under a penalty for that win but the 7lb rise may anchor him and a better bet looks to be STORM SURGE, who gets the vote ahead of Troodos Jet. Dianne Sayer's gelding was a good winner at Sedgefield two starts ago when staying on well to beat Naval Attache and was not disgraced behind The Kealshore Kid on a return visit to the same venue last time so he has to be respected having been dropped 3lbs since his most recent start. Isla Pearl Fisher has only been placed once in nine outings and is hard to recommend with a bigger threat likely to come from Lerida, who has shown a consistent level of form and he can race off the same mark as when a close second to The Kealshore Kid at Sedgefield recently. Star Tenor is hard to recommend on recent form and a better bet looks to be Martin Todhunter's Storm Surge, who has been running consistently well of late and he can race off just a 1lb higher mark than when a close third to Bene Lad here last time.
Storm Surge (IRE) 15-8fav (11-10) Held up towards rear, headway to chase leaders approaching 4 out, led last, headed flat, no extra, 3rd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Bene Lad (10-7) at Carlisle 2m hcp chs 0-100 (4) gd.
Star Tenor (IRE) 66-1 (10-12) Held up in touch, weakened approaching 3 out, 8th of 10, 40l behind Diavoleria (11-7) at Ayr 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-105 (4) gf.
Isla Pearl Fisher 125-1 (10-11) In rear, steady headway from 5 out, went 4th approaching 4 out, weakened from 2 out, 4th of 9, 36l behind Middleton Dene (11-0) at Carlisle 2m 4f beg chase (4) gd.
Lerida 9-4fav (10-12) Disputed lead until 5th, driven 8th, led approaching 10th, ridden and headed before last, stayed on well towards finish, 2nd of 5, nk behind The Kealshore Kid (11-7) at Sedgefield 2m hcp chs 0-95 (5) gd.
Troodos Jet 9-4fav (10-11) Tracked leaders, every chance from 2out, led before last, headed flat, no extra, 3rd of 5, 1 1/2l behind The Kealshore Kid (11-7) at Sedgefield 2m hcp chs 0-95 (5) gd.
St Killian's Run (IRE) 11-2 (11-4) Held up in touch, headway approaching 4 out, led next, 4 lengths clear last, ridden out flat (no time taken), won at Newcastle 2m hcp chs 0-105 (4) sft beating Native Coll (9-11) by 4l, 8 ran.
