held up, not fluent 1st, close up 4th, lost ground 10th, took closer order 14th, ridden before 4 out, weakened before 3 out, came home in own time
led, headed narrowly 2nd, mistake 3rd, awkward 7th, led 8th, joined 9th, led again 10th, joined 11th, headed but close up 12th, ridden 4 out, weakening when hit 2 out, soon beaten
pressed leader, led 2nd, headed narrowly 8th, upsides 9th, tracked leader 10th, upsides 11th, led 12th, pushed a length clear when awkward 4 out, still ahead 3 out, joined last, stayed on strongly to assert flat
held up in rear, close up 4 out, driven to press leader 3 out, upsides last, no extra flat
Ask For Glory, a winning point-to-pointer, bumper and hurdler, finished last in a Chepstow handicap hurdle last month on his return from a long break and makes his chasing debut. Shaman Du Berlais made a successful chasing debut at Stratford last May and has run well from his raised mark subsequently so it's a surprise to see him dropped 1lb for being beaten a neck at Haydock. VALSHEDA (NAP) couldn't quite get close enough to Killer Kane at Kempton but the winner went on to land a Listed race at Sandown so Nicky Henderson's charge looks the one to beat. Jaytee was having only his second start over fences when scoring comfortably at Taunton though meets better opposition here.
Ask For Glory (IRE) 12-1 (11-1) Held up in mid-division, headway before 3 out, weakened 2 out, last of 8, 34 3/4l behind Ballyandy (11-12) at Chepstow 3m hcp (2) hvy in Feb.
Shaman Du Berlais (FR) 9-4 (10-11) Hit 1st, tracked leader, led 2nd, joined 7th, soon headed, led narrowly when hit last and pecked, soon headed, rallied, just held, 2nd of 3, nk behind Adrimel (11-8) at Haydock 2m 4f hcp (3) hvy in Feb.
Valsheda 13-8fav (11-12) Chased leaders on inside, niggled along 14th, outpaced before not fluent 3 out, rallied into 3 lengths 2nd last, edged right and stayed on flat, not trouble winner, 2nd of 6, 1 1/2l behind Killer Kane (11-10) at Kempton 3m hcp (4) gd in Feb.
Jaytee 6-1 (11-5) Tracked leaders, went 2nd 11th, led 2 out, pushed out, comfortably, won at Taunton 2m 7f hcp (4) sft in Mar beating Larkbarrow Lad (11-12) by 4 1/2l, 10 ran.
