prominent, led 8th, ridden after 3 out, headed bend turning for home, no extra final 100 yards
held up in rear, headway 8th, close 3rd last, went 2nd after bending turning for home, stayed on to lead close home
led until 1st, left in lead 5th, headed 8th, weakened last, tailed off
led 1st, mistake and headed 5th, lost place after next, mistake and weakened 7th, tailed off
in rear, mistake 2nd, soon behind, pushed along 4th, well beaten 4 out, tailed off
held up, headway after 6th, went 2nd 3 out, led bend turning for home, headed close home
chased leaders, jumped right and not fluent 3 out, one pace and no impression, no extra from home turn
Nonrunner
Dunowen Point and Get It On have more than enough to do at the head of the weights with neither being in the best of nick on recent starts, whereas Ratify has been in sparkling form, rattling up a hat-trick on his last three runs. He's up 19lb as a result of that improvement though and will find life tougher off this mark. Rime Avec Gentil is another with more to do after seeing off two rivals to score at Ffos Las and SERGEANT PINK makes greater appeal. He landed the spoils twice here last year and has fallen to a really workable mark for Dianne Sayer to exploit. He'll need to recapture the best of his 2013 form to oblige, but let's hope he can do so after being given a nice sharpener on the Flat at Newcastle just six days ago.
Dunowen Point (IRE) 11-4fav (11-10) Tracked leaders on inside, closed 10th, lost place before 2 out, 7th of 9, 35l behind Wings Of Smoke (11-12) at Haydock 2m 4f hcp chs 0-130 (3) sft.
Get It On (IRE) 10-1 (11-12) Held up in rear, hit 7th, shaken up 3 out, no impression, weakened next, 5th of 6, 25l behind Fuzzy Logic (10-7) at Ffos Las 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-120 (4) gs.
Ratify 11-4fav (11-4) Jumped right at times, with leader, led 4th, driven and held on gamely flat, won at Chepstow 2m 3f hcp chs 0-130 (3) gs in Apr beating Entertain Me (11-11) by nk, 6 ran.
Captain Brown 17-2 (10-9) Disputed 2nd until mistake and unseated rider 2nd, in a race won by Swaledale Lad (11-2) at Cartmel 2m 1f nov chs (4) gf, 3 ran.
Claragh Native (IRE) 16-1 (10-12) Held up, hampered and unseated rider 9th, in a race won by Too Cool To Fool (9-10) at Ayr 2m hcp chs 0-125 (3) gs in Apr, 7 ran.
Sergeant Pink (IRE) 20-1 (11-11) Held up mid-division, jumped slow 9th, soon weakened, 5th of 7, 31l behind Indian Voyage (11-2) at Carlisle 2m 4f hcp chs 0-120 (4) sft in Apr.
The Society Man (IRE) 20-1 (10-7) Took keen hold, led until after 4th, jumped right 5th, every chance 3 out, no impression flat, 4th of 6, 5l behind Old Pals Act (11-9) at Market Rasen 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd.
Rime Avec Gentil (FR) 11-4 (11-6) Held up 3rd and last, effort 3 out, outpaced when switched outside approaching next, upsides last, soon led, ridden and kept on flat, won at Ffos Las 2m hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd beating Trooper Clarence (11-12) by 1 1/2l, 3 ran.
