tracked leaders, led over 3f out, came towards stands side rail over 1f out, soon ridden and headed, kept on, no extra towards finish
mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on to take modest 4th 1f out , no chance with leaders
held up in rear, headway on outside over 3f out, led over 1f out, ridden and stayed on well under pressure final furlong
raced keenly, tracked leaders, lost place over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened
prominent, lost place over 4f out soon behind
held up behind, headway into mid-division halfway, outpaced 4f out, behind final 2f
held up behind, struggling halfway, kept on under pressure final 2f, never pace to threaten leaders
led, headed over 3f out, lost place over 2f out, ridden and weakened final furlong
mid-division on inside, outpaced over 3f out, never on terms, weakened final furlong
mid-division on outside, headway 3f out, chased leader and every chance towards stands side rail when hampered over 1f out, soon ridden and edged left, kept on same pace in 3rd inside final furlong
Several made a winning start in bumpers though Air Navigator’s success at Exeter came back in February. Skidoosh beat Lisdoonvarna Lad when scoring at Worcester recently while Ballygomartin won under a conditional at Bangor last month. But CROOKS PEAK left a good impression when returning an easy winner at Newton Abbot and Philip Hobbs’ charge gets a speculative vote in an open contest. Barry Geraghty partners Galway runner-up Vocarium while Sizing Cusimano is related to bumper and hurdles winners and is a newcomer to note for a powerful yard.
Air Navigator 12-1 (11-4) Held up in touch smooth headway tracking leaders when not clear run and switched sharply left and went 2nd 2f out, led 1f out, green in front and edged left inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Exeter 2m 1f (6) sft in Feb beating Harefield (10-8) by 1 1/4l, 15 ran.
Ballygomartin (IRE) 16-1 (11-0) Mid-division, headway 4f out, led 1f out, stayed on, won at Bangor 2m 1f (6) gd in Oct beating Nestor Park (11-0) by 1 1/4l, 10 ran.
Crooks Peak 5-1 (11-0) Mid-division, headway 4f out, led 2f out, clear over 1f out, ran on well, won at Newton Abbot 2m 1f (5) gd in Oct beating River Bray (11-0) by 6l, 9 ran.
Lisdoonvarna Lad (IRE) 20-1 (10-12) Chased leaders, effort over 2f out, switched right to challenge over 1f out, kept on well, 2nd of 16, 1 1/2l behind Skidoosh (10-12) at Worcester 2m (6) gd in Oct.
Mahlervous (IRE) 11-2 (10-11) Tracked leaders, lost place over 6f out, soon behind, stayed on under pressure final 2f, took modest 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 16 1/4l behind World Premier (10-11) at Warwick 2m (6) gd in Apr.
Rio Quinto (FR) 4-1 (11-11) Ld, jnd 4th, cl 2nd frm 5th until 2 1/2l 2nd at last, clsd frm last & kow run-in, 2nd of 9, 1l behind Reasonable Doubt (11-11) at Dromahane 3m mdn in May.
Sizing Cusimano Midnight Legend gelding out of Combe Florey.
Skidoosh 22-1 (10-12) Led 3f, led again over 3f out, soon challenged, ran on strongly, won at Worcester 2m (6) gd in Oct beating Lisdoonvarna Lad (10-12) by 1 1/2l, 16 ran.
Vocarium (IRE) 3-1 (11-9) Soon raced in 4th, 2nd over 4f out, closed up over 3f out, soon on terms, led from 1f out, headed and kept on same pace from 100yds out, 2nd of 5, 1 1/2l behind Ainsi Va La Vie (11-7) at Galway 2m sft in Aug.
Woulduadamandeveit (IRE) 8-1 (10-12) Held up in mid-division, headway 6f out, chased winner over 3f out, no impression over 1f out, kept on, 2nd of 12, 3 1/2l behind Mulcahys Hill (11-2) at Stratford 2m (5) gs in May.
Mount Batur (IRE) Mahler gelding out of Massini's Daughter.
Rockery Garden (IRE) 6-1 (11-0) Mid-division, headway over 4f out, 2nd over 2f out until well over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 9, 5 1/4l behind King Vince (11-0) at Newton Abbot 2m 1f mdn (6) gs in Jul.
