chased leaders, outpaced bypassing omitted 3 out, weakened from omitted last
chased winner, led bypassing omitted 3 out, bumped bypassing omitted last, soon headed and carried right, held towards finish (finished 2nd, placed 1st)
led, headed bypassing omitted 3 out, edged right and bumped rival bypassing omitted last, soon led and continued to edge right, stayed on (finished 1st placed 2nd)
chased leaders, mistake 2nd and reminder, weakened before omitted 3 out
held up in rear, headway when not fluent 3rd, outpaced by front pair from omitted 3 out, stayed on same pace from omitted 2 out
NonRunner
John Betjeman is usually thereabouts and was a winner over course and distance in March. PETERBOROUGH needs to bounce back from a recent spill at Sedgefield but is potentially well treated in relation to his chasing mark so get's the nod. Mister Allegro was tried in a Triumph Hurdle trial at Cheltenham but was unable to build on early season successes at Ludlow and Wincanton but Tinnahalla had a recent pipe-opener on the Flat at Chester and has taken on some fair opposition over hurdles in the past.
Tinnahalla (IRE) 18-1 (9-5) Always towards rear, 12th of 15, 11 1/4l behind Haseefah (9-9) at Chester 1m 4f hcp (4) gd in May.
Chasamax (IRE) 16-1 (11-9) Jumped left on occasions, tracked leaders, shaken up before 3 out, soon ridden, weakened from 2 out, last of 7, 15 1/4l behind Sofia's Rock (11-7) at Ludlow 2m hcp (3) gd in May.
John Betjeman 11-1 (11-13) Prominent, mistake 2nd, pushed along after 3 out, went second 2 out, kept on but no match for winner, 2nd of 8, 7 1/2l behind Elham Valley (11-8) at Warwick 2m hcp (4) gd in May.
Mister Allegro 14-1 (11-2) Prominent on inside, pushed along after 5th, soon weakened, 5th of 6, dist behind Percy's Word (11-12) at Worcester 2m hcp (4) gs in May.
Peterborough (FR) 4-1 (11-10) Tracked winner until blundered and unseated rider 7th, at Sedgefield 2m 3f hcp (4) gd in May.
General Consensus 20-1 (11-1) Tracked leaders, not fluent 4th, outpaced after 7th, well behind 4 out, pulled up before 2 out, at Cheltenham 3m hcp (2) gs in Oct.