chased leaders, not fluent 3 out, soon went 2nd, no impression on winner from 2 out, not fluent and lost 2nd last
jumped right, led 3rd, clear form 2 out, comfortably
chased leaders, jumped right 1st, went 3rd 2 out, went 2nd last, no impression on winner, kept on
chased leaders, not fluent 8th and reminder, outpaced before 3 out, soon weakened
jumped right at times, led until 3rd, stayed handy, ridden after 4 out, 4th and no impression 2 out
in rear, headway 5th, steadied next, well beaten when not fluent 3 out, pulled up before last
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The lightly-raced Thunderstruck gets cheekpieces for the first time having finished third over 3m at Newbury last time. Drumlee Watar is even less exposed and stayed on into second behind the well-backed Wbee over this trip at Stratford. Lugg River has ability but is proving expensive to follow while Certainly Red has gone up 11lb after recording a first victory at Wincanton. WINDANCE (NAP) defied a penalty over track and trip in March just five days after making a winning start in handicaps at Taunton. He’s clearly very tough and a further 6lb rise may not prevent the hat-trick.
Windance (IRE) 11-10fav (11-11) Held up in touch, drops towards rear 8th, headway 10th, hit 3 out and ridden, hit 2 out, still 4 lengths adrift last, stayed on strongly flat, got up final strides, won at Fontwell 3m 2f hcp (4) gs in Mar beating The Tin Miner (11-9) by nk, 10 ran.
Thunderstruck (IRE) 9-1 (11-9) Chased leaders, ridden and outpaced 2 out, stayed on and went 3rd flat, no impression, 3rd of 11, 10 1/4l behind Coeur Serein (12-0) at Newbury 3m hcp (4) gs in Mar.
Drumlee Watar (IRE) 9-1 (11-12) Held up, nudged along 2 out, headway before last, stayed on into 2nd, 2nd of 10, 5l behind Wbee (11-3) at Stratford 3m 2f hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Just A Whim 33-1 (10-8) Chased leader until before 3 out, held when left 2nd last, no impression on winner, 2nd of 8, 4 1/2l behind Aviewtosea (11-1) at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 7f mdn (4) gd in Apr.
Albert Hucklebuck (IRE) 14-1 (10-0) Ran in snatches, raced in 4th place, lost place 7th, rallied out wide 9th, went right 4 out, soon outpaced, hung left after 2 out, went remote 3rd at the last, 3rd of 5, 30 1/2l behind Everything For You (10-8) at Plumpton 3m 1f hcp (4) gd in Mar.
Clonusker Lady (IRE) 50-1 (10-0) Mid-division on inside, pushed along before 4 out, weakened before next, 13th of 14, dist behind O'Rahilly (10-3) at Plumpton 2m 5f hcp (5) gd in Apr.
Certainly Red 11-1 (11-5) Held up in touch, travelled strongly behind leaders 3 out, led after 2 out, pulled clear before last where not fluent, stayed on strongly flat, won at Wincanton 3m 1f hcp (4) gs in Mar beating Clondaw Promise (11-11) by 10l, 14 ran.
Lugg River 4-1 (11-12) Prominent, led before 2nd, ridden and edged left after 2 out, headed last, held flat, kept on, 2nd of 11, 3 1/4l behind Tipalong Tyler (11-5) at Warwick 3m 1f hcp (5) gs in May.
