chased leaders, mistake 8th, went 2nd before 3 out, hung left after 2 out, held by winner flat, stayed on
chased leaders, mistake 5th, hit 7th, blundered next, mistake 9th, soon went 2nd, hung left and lost place before 3 out, weakened approaching 2 out
made all, clear after 1st until 9th, stayed on well flat
held up in last, mistake 1st, jumped slowly next, headway approaching 3 out, pressed for 2nd next, not fluent last, no extra towards finish
not always fluent, disputed lead until 1st, chased winner after who was clear until 9th, outpaced before 3 out, mistake next, weakened before last
Heavy going could be a problem for the returning Frontier Vic. Fishing Bridge is the only previous course winner in the line-up but he's hardly pulled up any tress since scoring at Ludlow in January, though will enjoy the ground. Fourth Rainbow Haze has ground to make up on Dai Rees’ charge on that Ludlow run but is 8lb better off and has been in decent form of late. Obistar was entitled to need his run at Chepstow earlier this month so could figure but we'll take a chance that the novice HIGHWAY STORM is still on an upward curve and he's not badly treated on his latest third behind stablemate Kit Casey at Chepstow – his stable won this last year.
Obistar (FR) 9-2 (11-6) Chased clear leader, closed before 2nd, ridden and weakened 3 out, 5th of 7, 31 1/2l behind Albert D'olivate (11-1) at Chepstow 3m hcp (4) hvy in Mar.
Fishing Bridge (IRE) 12-1 (11-12) Behind, headway 4 out to chase leaders, weakened before next, 6th of 10, 34 1/4l behind Driftwood Haze (11-12) at Ffos Las 2m 6f hcp (4) gs in Mar.
Highway Storm (IRE) 7-1 (11-3) Held up, no impression 7th, stayed on after 3 out, went 3rd 2 out, unable to get on terms, 3rd of 10, 5 1/2l behind Kit Casey (11-3) at Chepstow 3m mdn (4) hvy in Mar.
Frontier Vic 7-1 (10-11) Tracked leaders, close up when hit 4 out, soon challenged, led before next, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, no chance with front pair before last, 3rd of 12, 18l behind Wicked Spice (11-5) at Doncaster 3m hcp (4) gs in Nov.
Rainbow Haze 12-1 (10-6) Led and set good pace, headed approaching 3 out, chased winner before next, upsides last, every chance run-in, no extra final 125 yards, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Tara Tavey (11-4) at Chepstow 3m hcp (4) gd in Mar.
