sweating, tracked leading pair, mistake 7th, went 2nd 12th, ridden along after 3 out, chance last, carried badly left 150 yards out, no extra in 4th towards finish
raced wide tracking leaders, weakened 14th
led, strongly pressed when awkward last, soon hung badly left under pressure and headed 150 yards out, kept on same pace
tracked leader until hit 12th, pushed along before 4 out, rallied 2 out, challenged last, led 150 yards out, driven out
held up last, headway into 4th at 14th, keeping on but looked held when went left and stumbled last, went 3rd towards finish
MANY STARS (NAP) looked a nice prospect when winning by 12 lengths over hurdles at Huntingdon in March. He was well beaten in a handicap at Ayr on his final start of last season but was always going to be suited by a switch to fences and has little to beat here. The mare Armedandbeautiful could be the one for forecast-backers if her jumping holds up as 3m has proved beyond Irish import Mackeys Forge in the past, though he was only beaten half-a-length by One Lucky Lady over 2m4f at Stratford last month.
Fuse Wire 20-1 (11-11) Chased leaders, lost place when mistake 5th, behind when mistake 3 out, tailed off, 8th of 11, well behind Party Girls (9-4) at Newton Abbot 2m 1f sel hcp hdl (0-100) (5) gd in Sep.
I'm In Charge 16-1 (10-13) Tracked leading pair, not fluent 9th, not travel well after, not fluent again next and quickly pulled up, in a race won by The Young Master (11-6) at Worcester 2m 7f beg chs (4) gd in Sep, 4 ran.
Mackeys Forge (IRE) 3-1 (11-6) Led, jumped right 2nd, headed 5th, led before next, headed 4 out, ridden after 3 out, dropped to 3rd when left 2nd last, stayed on, 2nd of 4, 1/2l behind One Lucky Lady (10-10) at Stratford 2m 4f beg chs (4) gd in Sep.
Many Stars (IRE) 18-1 (11-12) Held up in touch on outside, not fluent 5th, mistake next, ridden before 3 out, weakened next, 8th of 13, 32l behind Vivaldi Collonges (11-6) at Ayr 3m hcp hdl 0-125 (3) gs in Apr.
Armedandbeautiful 9-2 (10-13) Prominent, ridden to challenge 2 out, every chance last, kept on under pressure, 2nd of 9, hd behind Campbonnais (11-12) at Fakenham 2m 7f hcp hdl 0-110 (4) gd in Apr.