led, pushed along over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, battled on but always held
prominent, pushed along well over 4f out, soon lost touch and tailed off
held up in last, pushed along 4f out, soon outpaced and beaten
tracked leader, took a strong hold, went 2nd over 4f out, shaken up and led well over 1f out, pushed out and ran on well inside last, always doing enough
ROCKING MAN and Kap Boy both made winning debuts over track and trip. The former recorded a quicker time on heavy going and can come out best today. Queensbury Boy and Diagon Alley both have point-to-point experience but Leech is seeing a racecourse for the first time.
Rocking Man (FR) 7-5fav (11-2) Made all, ridden 2f out, stayed on strongly final furlong, won at Chepstow 2m (5) hvy in Nov beating Jacobin (11-2) by 5 1/2l, 6 ran.
Diagon Alley (IRE) 3-1 (11-11) Tr ldrs, cl 2nd 1/2way, ld aftr 3out, rdn & hdd bef 2out, no impression on wnr bef last, ko, 2nd of 9, 2 1/2l behind Wade Out (11-11) at Lisronagh 3m mdn sft in Nov.
Leech (FR) Masked Marvel gelding out of Lichtspiel.
Queensbury Boy (IRE) 5-1 (11-6) Mid-div, 6th from 7th, prog in 4th aftr 5out, 4l 3rd from 3out, prog in 2nd aftr 2out, chall bef last, ld early flat, kow, won at Castlelands 3m mdn Good - Yielding in Mar beating Quebecois (11-11) by 1l, 11 ran.
Kap Boy (FR) 4-5fav (11-1) Disputed lead, pushed along and headed over 4f out, kept on pressing leader, ridden over 2f out, led narrowly over 1f out, ran on gamely, on top closing stages, won at Chepstow 2m (4) hvy in Oct beating King Of Tara (11-1) by 1l, 4 ran.
