led until after 5th, led again before 7th, mistake 3 out, headed after next, kept on under pressure
behind, headway approaching 6 out, chased leaders 4 out, every chance when fell 2 out
chased leaders, mistake 4th, weakened before 4 out, pulled up after 2 out
tracked leader, not fluent 2nd, led after 5th, headed before 7th, led again approaching last, stayed on well
held up towards rear, headway approaching 6th, chased leaders 4 out, weakened after last
mid-division, mistake 7th, soon beatn
prominent, reminders and lost place before 7th, rallied 3 out, stayed on into modest 3rd towards finish
held up towards rear, under pressure 5 out, soon beaten
NonRunner
Balibour has yet to win but returned from a lay-off with a better effort at Market Rasen while Jeu De Mots won over these fences last summer but is having his first outing since June. ALF ‘N’ DOR (NAP) could only manage fourth in soft going here recently but Peter Bowen’s charge won on faster ground at Plumpton earlier when beating Finnegan’s Garden, who subsequently completed a hat-trick, and he gets the vote on that form only 4lb higher. A dual winner over hurdles at the end of last year, Farm The Rock was well beaten back over fences last time and Fact Flow still looks a shade high in the weights.
Farm The Rock (IRE) 9-2 (11-8) 4th of 9, 21 1/2l behind Irish Octave (10-13) at Chepstow 3m hcp (4) gs in Apr.
Ollie Vaar 20-1 (10-10) 4th of 5, 33 3/4l behind Another Crick (11-0) at Newbury 2m hcp (3) gs in Dec.
Jeu De Mots (FR) 5-1 (11-12) 6th of 8, dist behind Lotus Pond (10-8) at Ffos Las 3m hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Alf 'n' Dor (IRE) 7-2fav (10-11) 4th of 7, 4 3/4l behind Chozen (11-8) at Ffos Las 2m hcp (4) sft in Apr.
An Laoch (IRE) 5-1 (11-6) at Kelso 2m 7f hcp (4) gd in May.
Dark Invader (FR) 28-1 (10-6) 8th of 10, 29 1/2l behind Gone Platinum (11-0) at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 4f hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Fact Flow (IRE) 8-1 (10-7) 3rd of 9, 10 1/2l behind One Forty Seven (11-9) at Uttoxeter 3m hcp (4) gd in Mar.
Jonagold 8-1 (11-10) 5th of 10, 21 1/2l behind Chasma (11-9) at Newcastle 2m 4f hcp (5) gs in Mar.
Balibour (FR) 8-1 (11-4) 4th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Iskabeg Lane (10-9) at Market Rasen 2m 5f hcp (4) gd in Mar.