chased leaders, headway 8th, led 4 out, headed approaching 2 out, weakened last
raced in rear, detatched 5th, tailed off when jumped badly right 8th, pulled up before 4 out
in touch, mistake 9th, weakened 4 out
chased leaders, led 2 out, hit last, all out, held on gamely
led, headed when not fluent 2nd, led again 8th, headed next, lost place 4 out
prominent, led 2nd, headed 4th, lost place 7th, rallied approaching 2 out, kept on closing stages
prominent, jumped left 3rd, led next, headed 8th, led again next, headed 4 out, rallied after last, stayed on strongly towards finish
Edlomond has yet to win over fences but went close to doing so when runner-up at Towcester last month. But he's been raised 6lb for that and GOLD CARROT is preferred. The latter landed a novices' handicap at Lingfield recently and should be capable of better still given he remains lightly-raced for his age. Zero Visibility and Bertenbar have recent placed efforts to their names but both were still beaten a distance while Withy Mills hasn’t raced for over a year and Lost Arca unseated at Leicester earlier in the month on his first start since 2013.
Edlomond (IRE) 10-1 (11-4) Mid-division, in touch when mistake 4th, taken wide approaching next, challenged 2 out, soon led, headed last, stayed on, held towards finish, 2nd of 11, 1 1/4l behind High Aspirations (10-1) at Towcester 2m hcp (5) sft in Feb.
My Miss Lucy 14-1 (11-8) Always behind, struggling 6th, soon lost touch, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out, at Stratford 2m 5f hcp (4) sft in Mar.
Gold Carrot 3-1cfav (10-9) Held up, 3rd when not fluent 5th, blundered next, went 2nd 8th, led 3 out, jumped left 2 out, not fluent last, driven out, won at Lingfield 2m hcp (4) hvy in Mar beating Bawden Rocks (11-12) by 4 1/2l, 5 ran.
Bertenbar 16-1 (11-6) Tracked leaders, mistake 6th, ridden and weakened approaching 2 out, mistake last, 3rd of 6, 35l behind Mr Bachster (11-3) at Towcester 2m hcp (5) hvy in Jan.
Zero Visibility (IRE) 10-3 (10-6) Led until 3rd, tracked leaders, weakened after 4 out, tailed off approaching 2 out, modest 4th, 4th of 6, dist behind Very Live (11-5) at Plumpton 2m 1f hcp (4) hvy in Feb.
Lost Arca (FR) 11-2 (10-4) Tracked front pair, hit 5th, not fluent 7th, outpaced 4 out, no impression in 3rd when mistake and unseated rider next, at Leicester 2m 4f hcp (4) hvy in Mar.
Withy Mills 8-1 (11-4) Chased leaders, weakening when mistake 5th, 9th of 16, 24 1/4l behind Hot Pepper (10-11) at Taunton 2m 3f hcp (5) sft in Feb.
