prominent, dropped to 3rd 7th, headway to lead narrowly before 11th, headed 12th, ridden and struggling after 5 out, pulled up before next
prominent, unseated rider after jumping 1st
in rear, in touch, reminder 7th, pushed along 10th, well behind when left in remote 3rd 4 out
left in 3rd 1st fence, pressed leader 7th, led 12th, headed home turn and pushed along, outpaced by leader when mistake 3 out, kept on one pace and bad mistake last, always held
led, not fluent 2nd, headed narrowly before 11th, remained close up, led again home turn, forged on after 4 out, not fluent 2 out and ridden, kept on gamely, always doing enough
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Winning hurdler VIROFLAY has notched-up a hat-trick between the flags so far this year and is clear of these at the weights as he makes his debut over regulation fences. Moratorium failed to complete in one of these events at Cheltenham and has yet to win over fences while Singapore Saga finished runner-up on her chasing debut and has won a couple of point-to-points since. The remainder face a tough task on these terms.
Ellipsism (IRE) 4-1 (12-6) Lost plce 8; one pce 3 out, 4th of 7, 14 1/2l behind Bingo D'Olivate (12-0) at Buckfastleigh 3m gd in Mar.
Minimalistic (IRE) 8-15fav (12-3) (tt) went 2nd 14; ev ch 2 out; nt qckn, 2nd of 7, 2 1/2l behind Bingo D'Olivate (12-0) at Buckfastleigh 3m gd in Mar.
Moratorium (IRE) 200-1 (12-0) Mid-division early, soon lost place and towards rear, tailed off and pulled up before 18th, at Cheltenham 3m 2f (2) sft in Mar.
Viroflay (FR) 4-6fav (11-10) (h) led 4-5 & 8-12; led nxt; drew clr 3 out; v easy, won at Charlton Horethorne 3m gd in Mar beating Oistrakh Le Noir (11-7) by 20l, 5 ran.
Singapore Saga 2-5fav (11-5) Made all; drew clr 15; easy, won at Kilworthy 3m sft in Mar beating Dawson City (11-2) by 4l, 3 ran.
Broadclyst (IRE) 5-2 (11-7) (cp) hdwy 17; outpcd 19; 2nd when mist last; dem final 50yds, 3rd of 6, 17 3/4l behind Looksnowtlikebrian (11-7) at Cothelstone 3m 4f gs in Mar.
