towards rear, jumped right and mistake 5th, headway into midfield next, chased leaders 10th, pushed along before 2 out, kept on one pace from last
midfield, went third approaching 9th, pushed along to go second 3 out, ridden to challenge after last, kept on well
towards rear, ridden before 3 out, made no impression
chased leaders, jumped left 1st, lost place 4th, dropped to rear 10th, ridden before 3 out, soon struggling
mid-division, headway 9th, ridden approaching 3 out, weakened before 2 out
jumped right, led 1st, jumped badly right 5th and 8th, not fluent 2 out, soon pushed along, ran on well from last
held up in rear, pushed along before 3 out, soon beaten, pulled up approaching next
led, headed 1st, lost second after 4th, jumped right next, lost place 7th, soon dropped to rear, pulled up before 4 out
midfield, took closer order before 6th, went second after 7th, lost second 3 out, no extra from next
prominent, went second after 4th, jumped right and not fluent 5th, lost second after 7th, dropped to midfield 9th, weakened next, pulled up before 2 out
Though second in this last year, Envious Editor has a penalty to carry and hasn’t quite matched the form of his win at Taunton in January in subsequent starts. Caryto Des Brosses also placed at this meeting last year but that was over 3m2f and he’s never raced over a trip this short. Takethepunishment is a teenager but has won seven times between the flags and has a victory under Rules to his name. FIER JAGUEN was leading when over-jumping and unseating Bradley Gibbs in the Foxhunters’ at Aintree last month. If that hasn’t affected his confidence, he looks the one to beat in this being lightly raced in hunter chases.
Envious Editor (IRE) 3-1 (12-6) Held up in rear, headway into 3rd before 4 out where not fluent, soon ridden, disputed 2nd 3 out, not fluent 2 out, weakened approaching last, 3rd of 7, 13 1/4l behind Fix At All (11-12) at Ludlow 2m 4f (4) gs in Mar.
Caryto Des Brosses (FR) 8-11fav (11-10) Made all; unchall, won at Garthorpe 3m gs in Apr beating Dundrum Wood (11-9) by 7l, 4 ran.
Santon (IRE) 11-10fav (11-3) (cp) (tt) ev ch til outpcd 3 out; held when fell last, at Shelfield Park 3m sft in Mar.
Takethepunishment 5-4fav (11-10) Gd hdwy 14; outpcd aft 2 out; rallied to ld nr fin, won at Overton 3m gs in Mar beating Thyne For Gold (11-7) by 3/4l, 5 ran.
Famoso (IRE) 9-2 (12-0) (bl) (tt) led 4 til hdd & wknd 4 out; pu 2 out, at Cothelstone 2m 4f mdn gs in Apr.
Fier Jaguen (FR) 11-2 (12-0) Led, nodded on landing and unseated rider 7th, at Aintree 2m 5f (2) gs in Apr.
Fils Spirituel (FR) 6-1 (12-0) Chsd ldrs to 11, 4th of 8, 13l behind Champions Hill (12-0) at Holnicote 2m 4f gs in Apr.
Josh The Plod (IRE) Evensfav (12-5) (cp) led til hdd & wknd app last, 5th of 6, 9 1/4l behind Bonamargy (12-0) at Parham 3m gd in Apr.
Precious Bounty (IRE) 5-1 (11-10) Led, not fluent 10th, headed 2 out, no impression on winner when mistake last, lost 2nd close home, 3rd of 5, 12l behind Sine Nomine (11-3) at Stratford 2m 7f (5) gs in Apr.
Rewritetherules (IRE) 2-1 (11-7) (tt) hdwy to ld 4 out; hdd 2 out; no ex, 2nd of 4, 12l behind For Rita (11-0) at Tabley 2m 4f gs in Apr.
