mullish at start, raced freely, led, clear 3rd, reduced lead 11th, headed 4 out, driven next, soon beaten
tracked leaders, chased leader 11th until next, ridden 4 out, soon beaten
keen in rear, ridden and headway to chase winner 3 out, mistake next and soon outpaced by winner
tracked leader until 11th, led 4 out, clear 2 out, comfortable
keen in touch, ridden when fell 4 out
There doesn't look to be a lot to choose between any of the five declared runners in this, though the longer trip could be a problem for Newbury second Lord Singer. Along with Five Out Of Five, he has won here in the past however. Silver Adonis has been a little below par lately while Share Option has found life tougher since being raised in the weights for a win at Leicester and was more than 12 lengths behind THE LAODICEAN at that track last week. Caroline Bailey's six-year-old has really started to find his
Lord Singer (FR) 11-2 (11-4) Chased clear leader, closed up 4th, lost 2nd briefly before 9th, travelling well when led 3 out, driven after 2 out, headed just before last, stayed on same pace flat, 2nd of 6, 3 1/2l behind Niceonefrankie (11-8) at Newbury 2m 1f hcp chs 0-130 (3) gd.
The Laodicean 11-4 (12-0) Raced wide close up, headway to lead 4 out, ridden out, won at Leicester 2m nov hcp chs 0-115 (4) gs beating Park Lane (11-7) by 1 1/2l, 5 ran.
Five Out Of Five (IRE) 9-2 (11-7) Led until after 6th, disputing 3rd when fell 3 out, in a race won by Erdeli (11-5) at Stratford 2m 3f cnd/am sll hdl (5) gd in Oct, 7 ran.
Silver Adonis (IRE) 20-1 (9-12) Held up in rear, headway 5 out, stayed on strongly towards finish, never nearer, 4th of 8, 6l behind Faasel (11-8) at Doncaster 3m hcp chs 0-145 (2) gd in Feb.
Share Option 9-2 (11-6) Keen early, tracked leaders, ridden 3 out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 5, 13l behind The Laodicean (12-0) at Leicester 2m nov hcp chs 0-115 (4) gs.
