held up in rear, outpaced approaching 2 out, rallied last, soon ridden, stayed on to take narrow 2nd closing stages, no chance with winner
tracked front pair, switched outside after 3rd, disputed 2nd after 4 out, challenged next, led narrowly 2 out, ridden and headed before last, soon not pace of winner, kept on but well held when lost 2nd closing stages
led, hard pressed 3 out, driven and headed next, soon ridden and outpaced, lost place flat
tracked leader, challenged 3 out, driven to lead before last, soon clear, ridden and ran on flat, comfortably
BEDROCK was third in a Grade 1 at Aintree in April and has won a couple of novice events since with the minimum of fuss. Dan Skelton's charge looks more than capable of holding his own in decent company this year. Twobelucky has been a model of consistency on the Flat and over hurdles and lost nothing in defeat when his unbeaten run over timber came to an end at Galway. Golden Jeffery has a good strike-rate but needs to bounce back from a poor run on the Flat while Arthington was beaten in a match at Worcester earlier this month.
Arthington 7-4 (11-8) Tracked winner, challenged before 2 out, switched right before last, kept on same pace, 2nd of 0, 5l behind Sword Of Fate (10-12) at Worcester 2m (4) gf in Oct.
Bedrock 1-3fav (11-5) Made all, soon clear, not fluent 3rd, reduced lead 4 out, mistake 2 out, soon went clear again, stayed on strongly, won at Bangor 2m 1f (4) gs in Oct beating Saxo Jack (11-5) by 8l, 12 ran.
Golden Jeffrey (SWI) 10-3 (9-7) Ridden leaving stalls, led after 1f and went clear until over 8f out, headed over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 10, 29 1/2l behind Buonarroti (9-6) at Ayr 1m 7f hcp (4) hvy in Oct.
Twobeelucky 11-4 (11-7) Led, pressed and joined from before straight, headed run-in, soon no extra, one pace, 2nd of 8, 5l behind Le Richebourg (11-7) at Galway 2m 1f Yielding in Jul.
