in touch, blundered 3rd, not fluent next, headway to track leaders 10th, ridden 3 out, kept on one pace
tracked leader, led 6th, mistake 10th, ridden and pressed 2 out, stayed on gamely flat
jumped right, led, headed 6th, tracked leaders, ridden 11th, weakened 13th, soon pulled up
tracked leaders, short of room bend after 7th, tracked winner 8th, blundered next, ridden and mistake 3 out, stayed on one pace
well in rear, ridden 5 out, behind 3 out, pulled up next
Mad About Sally made an impressive winning start over fences at Fontwell but has been raised 8lb and this is a tricky puzzle to solve. Cloudy Wednesday won over 2m5f here last month but is having a seventh start since the turn of the year and looked ready for a rest at Huntingdon 12 days ago. Mixedwave won at Leicester and Market Rasen last month but we’ll take the chance that BRANDISOVA takes better to fences second time around having got the better of Doireann over hurdles here last time.
Mad About Sally (IRE) 6-4fav (10-12) Jumped well, chased leader, challenged 4th, led next, clear last, easily, won at Fontwell 2m 6f hcp (4) gs in Feb beating River Tyne (10-7) by 11l, 5 ran.
Brandisova (IRE) 15-8fav (10-11) Prominent, led 2nd, headed 5th, led again 2 out, soon ridden, pressed flat, all out, won at Fakenham 2m 7f hcp (5) gd in Feb beating Doireann (10-12) by shd, 8 ran.
Doireann (IRE) 4-1 (11-1) Led, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, weakened flat, 6th of 9, 14 1/2l behind Our Sam (11-9) at Carlisle 3m 1f hcp (5) gs in Feb.
Mixedwave (IRE) 11-4 (10-12) Prominent, led 3rd, made rest, ridden and ran on, won at Market Rasen 3m hcp (5) gd in Feb beating Elleon (11-4) by 6 1/2l, 5 ran.
Cloudy Wednesday (IRE) 2-1fav (11-7) Mid-division, headway to lead after 2nd, headed briefly 4 out where left in lead, pushed along and headed 3 out, ridden and tailed off home turn, 3rd of 7, dist behind Le Tueur (11-9) at Huntingdon 3m hcp (5) gd in Mar.
