always in rear, not fluent throughout
held up in touch, pushed along and made no impression from 4 out, plugged on
made all, ridden 3 out, clear 2 out, easily
prominent, ridden and outpaced 3 out, weakened last
JERRASH, a winner here over hurdles, looks the type to make a chaser and can give the weight away to the largely-disappointing Any News and Farouk De Cheneau, who has changed stables since last seen in October. Glengeever is another making his chasing bow but he’s had wind surgery since pulled up at Kempton in January.
Jerrash 11-2 (11-8) Off the pace in last pair, tailed off when hampered by faller 2 out, never involved, 10th of 14, 21 1/4l behind Ivaldi (10-12) at Ascot 2m 6f hcp (3) gs in Apr.
Any News (IRE) 9-2 (11-2) Close up, tracked winner 5 out, ridden 3 out, weakened next, 3rd of 7, 19 1/2l behind Whistleinthedark (11-9) at Kempton 2m 2f hcp (3) gs in Mar.
Farouk De Cheneau (FR) 5-2jfav (12-0) Led, blundered 8th, narrowly headed 15th, chased winner until pushed along before 5 out, weakened quickly, went remote 4th, 4th of 6, 37 3/4l behind Manothepeople (11-10) at Chepstow 3m 2f hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Glengeever (IRE) 11-1 (11-10) Led on inside, headed 3 out, dropped to 3rd soon after, weakened home turn, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out, at Kempton 3m 1f (3) sft in Jan.