chased leader until after 5th, lost place before 4 out, behind 3 out, pulled up before 2 out
tracked leaders, went 2nd after 5th until ridden after 3 out, 4th and no impression from 2 out
led, clear when not fluent 4 out, ridden and headed 2 out, mistake last, soon switched right, held by winner, kept on
led into start, raced keenly in last, headway 3 out, went 3rd before 2 out, no impression, kept on
Thibault is on a long losing run but slips further down the weights. Brown Bullet was a course and distance winner around this time last year when 5lb higher in the weights. Amelia's Dance has been in good form at Taunton and Koi Dodville ran in the Triumph Hurdle 11 days ago and won on good going last summer but CHANCEUX bounced back from a blip at Newbury to finish third at Doncaster and may be ready to pick up the winning thread again.
Thibault 25-1 (9-5) Handy, led after 4f, headed and ridden over 2f out, weakening when hampered on home turn, faded inside last, 5th of 7, 10l behind Aljaryaal (8-13) at Lingfield 2m hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Chanceux (IRE) 8-1 (11-7) Led, narrow advantage 3 out, ridden and headed 2 out, faded from last, 3rd of 9, 10 1/4l behind Universal Folly (11-6) at Doncaster 2m 1f hcp (4) sft in Mar.
Amelia's Dance (IRE) 7-2 (11-5) Close-up, 3rd when pushed after 3 out, ridden after 2 out, dropped to 4th late on, 4th of 7, 6 3/4l behind Dibble Decker (11-9) at Taunton 2m hcp (4) sft in Mar.
Koi Dodville (FR) 200-1 (11-0) Always towards rear, 11th of 12, 28 1/2l behind Vauban (11-0) at Cheltenham 2m 1f (1) gs in Mar.
Brown Bullet (IRE) 15-2 (10-8) Close up in 4th, chased winner 3 out, ridden and every chance next, kept on one pace, 2nd of 4, 3 1/2l behind On My Command (11-12) at Plumpton 2m 5f hcp (4) gs in Mar.
