led early, chased leader, led before 3 out, headed final bend, weakened and lost 3 places towards finish
mid-division, headway before 3 out, led final bend, soon clear, all out and reduced lead towards finish
chased leaders, went 2nd 2 out until before final bend, kept on, went 2nd again towards finish
chased leaders, slow 3rd, outpaced 2 out, weakened before last
chased leaders, lost place 2nd, not fluent 6th, ridden before next, slow 8th, soon behind, tailed off
held up towards rear, not fluent 3rd, headway and ridden after 8th, 4th last, switched right after final bend, kept on
soon led, headed before 3 out, weakened after 2 out, tailed off
held up in rear, some headway after 2 out, stayed on well from final bend, went 3rd towards finish
held up towards rear, pushed along after 6th, behind next, tailed off
River Frost and Sheriff Garrett have both proved their ability to handle the surface and the latter has won two of his last three at Hexham and placed here earlier in his career. However, he has a penalty to carry and this is a competitive handicap with Shetland Bus knocking on the door and Khan successful at Fontwell earlier this month. OKSANA has really got her act together but does just enough so is only slowly climbing the weights. The going is a real concern for recent Flat winner Ship Of The Fen and Tico Times is better over fences but First Account has each way-claims dropped another 2lb.
Sheriff Garrett (IRE) 11-2 (11-8) Made virtually all, joined 7th, 5 lengths clear 2 out, kept on well, won at Hexham 2m 4f hcp (4) gd in Jun beating Gordon's Jet (11-11) by 5l, 8 ran.
Shetland Bus (GER) 11-2 (11-7) Held up, closed 7th, went 2nd before 3 out until after 2 out, soon held, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 6, 6 1/4l behind Some Detail (11-1) at Market Rasen 2m 7f hcp (4) gd in Jun.
First Account 6-4 (11-9) Held up in touch, went second after 4 out, pushed along after next, kept on but no match for easy winner, 2nd of 6, 9l behind Butler's Brief (11-12) at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 7f hcp (4) sft in May.
Ship Of The Fen 11-1 (8-12) Tracked leader, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, 7th of 8, 14 3/4l behind East Asia (8-13) at Goodwood 2m hcp (3) gd in Jun.
River Frost 10-1 (11-6) Held up in mid-division, closed 7th, outpaced final bend, kept on run-in, no impression, went 4th towards finish, 4th of 10, 6 1/4l behind Cyrus Keep (10-7) at Hexham 2m 4f hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Khan (GER) 15-2 (11-0) Disputed lead, upped tempo and led after 3 out, ridden and led narrowly last, drew clear, easy, won at Fontwell 3m 2f hcp (4) gf in Jun beating Hunting Percival (11-12) by 5 1/2l, 5 ran.
The Steward (USA) 5-1 (11-5) Prominent, ridden after 2 out, no extra from last, 5th of 6, 14l behind Frightened Rabbit (11-2) at Cartmel 2m 1f hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Oksana 11-4jfav (10-12) Held up in last, closed 2 out, went 3rd before last, challenged between horses run-in, led towards finish, won at Cartmel 3m 1f hcp (3) gd in May beating Catchmeifyoucan (11-11) by 1 1/4l, 5 ran.
Tico Times (IRE) 6-1 (11-12) Held up in rear, headway after 2 out, kept on run-in, not trouble leaders, 4th of 11, 5 3/4l behind For Jim (11-3) at Cartmel 2m 6f hcp (5) gd in May.
