tracked leader, led soon after 2nd, headed 5th, ridden and every chance 3 out, led again soon after 2 out, ridden and ran on
in touch in rear, headway 4 out, weakened 2 out
keen, tracked leaders, headway to chase winner soon after 2 out, stayed on
close up, ridden 4 out, weakened next
led, headed soon after 2nd, led again when hit 5th, ridden and headed soon after 2 out, weakened approaching last
held up, pushed along 5th, ridden and outpaced next
Tiger Trek gets 20lb from ASCENDANT including Charlie Hammond’s claim and has every chance of ending the winning run of the two-times course and distance winner, though he hasn’t raced over hurdles in more than two years. It may, therefore, pay to stick with Johnny Farrelly’s 12-year-old. Hatem has been badly out of sorts for a while but runs in a seller for the first time.
Ascendant 4-11fav (11-12) Chased leaders, every chance 2 out, led before last, ran on well, won at Fakenham 2m (5) sft in Mar beating Saucysioux (11-2) by 6l, 5 ran.
Blackadder 66-1 (10-5) Raced keenly, held up, headway chasing leaders 4th, weakened soon after 3 out, 10th of 12, dist behind Karl Marx (10-7) at Taunton 2m hcp (5) hvy in Apr.
Hatem (FR) 16-1 (9-7) Dwelt always in rear, 9th of 10, 9 1/4l behind Presence Process (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
Next Exit (IRE) 40-1 (10-0) Chased leader until not fluent 10th, lost place from next, behind 4 out, tailed off, 8th of 9, dist behind Norse Light (11-4) at Huntingdon 2m 4f hcp (5) gs in Dec.
Tiger Trek (IRE) 6-1 (11-9) Chased leading pair until pushed along before 3 out, soon weakened, 4th of 5, 34 1/4l behind Get Rhythm (11-9) at Ffos Las 2m hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Classical Rock (IRE) 80-1 (10-5) Rear of mid-division, slight mistake 1st, never a factor, no extra and detached after 5th, weakened, completely tailed off, 15th of 16, dist behind Pete So High (10-10) at Thurles 2m mdn hvy in Jan.
