settled in rear, smooth headway to challenge 2f out, effort petered out and soon weakened
tracked leaders, good headway to hit the front over 1f out, headed inside final furlong and kept on same pace
mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, responded to pressure to lead inside final furlong, ran on well and just held on
led early before settling 2nd, pressed leader over 2f out and took it up soon after, headed over 1f out but kept on well for pressure
slightly better than midfield, pushed along 3f out, kept on but no extra close home
mid-division, headway 2f out when briefly short of room and again 1f out, finished well under hands and heels
tracked leaders, began to lose ground 3f out and faded out of contention
towards rear, pushed along 3f out, never able to get competitive
settled worse than mid-division, ridden 3f out but little response
towards rear on outer, improved to mid-division 5f out, pushed along 3f out and soon weakened
tracked leaders, asked for effort over 2f out, short of room over 1f out and switched right, finished strongly, just failed
led after 1f, headed 2f out and weakened quickly from 1f out
mid-division, headway 2f out, short of room and soon weakened
towards rear, pushed along and began to lose touch before halfway, tailed off
Flammarion held on to win by a nose in a bumper at Ayr last month but is penalised for that and THE BOMBER LISTON is preferred. He’ll be straighter for a debut third at Ffos Las and can make the most of the weight concession. The remainder with experience have shown little so far but €130,000 purchase Gentleman Valley and Geonice are both related to jumps winners in France while Gregor is a half-brother to a bumper and hurdles winner and Killane represents last year’s winning yard.
Flammarion (GER) 15-8fav (11-2) Keen at rear of tightly-knit group, still last over 2f out, smooth headway to lead over 1f out, drifted left but straightened up and just held on, won at Ayr 2m (5) hvy in Oct beating Thunder In Milan (11-2) by ns, 5 ran.
Ashover Hills (IRE) Yeats gelding out of Bobnval.
Fingal's Hill (IRE) Shirocco gelding out of Fingal's Sister.
Gentleman Valley (FR) Kapgarde gelding out of Richona.
Geonice (FR) Samum gelding out of Terenice.
Gregor (FR) Montmartre gelding out of Agathe Du Berlais.
Killane (IRE) Cloudings gelding out of Kilkylane.
Leopolds Rock (IRE) 7-2 (10-12) Held up towards rear, headway over 5f out, weakened 2f out, 5th of 8, 29 1/4l behind Bucko's Boy (10-12) at Hexham 2m (5) gs in Oct.
Lyndale 18-1 (11-2) Held up and always towards rear, tailed off, 8th of 11, dist behind Easy As That (11-9) at Musselburgh 2m (5) sft in Feb.
Pablobar Nayef gelding out of Calico Moon.
The Bomber Liston (IRE) 11-8fav (10-12) Held up, pushed along and outpaced in rear 5f out, ridden and stayed on final 2f, went modest 3rd final furlong, 3rd of 10, 5 1/4l behind Rabski (10-12) at Ffos Las 2m (4) gs in Oct.
West End Woody (IRE) 22-1 (10-12) Took a keen hold, mid-division, outpaced 3f out, weakened and eased final 2f, last of 8, dist behind Restandbethankful (10-12) at Perth 2m (4) gd in Sep.
It's A Lily Sulamani M out of It's A Discovery.
Riverbank Drama Overbury M out of Granny Shona.
