fell 1st
led 2nd until approaching 10th, hit 14th, jumped slowly 16th, led 18th, headed 3 out, went left 2 out, stayed on flat
not fluent, in touch, hit 11th, lost ground on leaders 14th, mistake next, rallied 17th, held from 3 out, one pace
led 1st until next, with leader until 7th, led approaching 10th until 18th, led 3 out, driven flat, held on gamely
tracked leaders, hit 17th, 8 lenghts 3rd when blundered 3 out, weakening when blundered 2 out, eased, tailed off
tracked leaders, not fluent 5th, pressed leader 7th until after 9th, ran in snatches after, held from 3 out, one pace
All six have claims in this heat with BLAZING DIVA narrowly preffered to Rosie All Over, Quiet Bob and Hever Road. Ryan Mania once again rides this strapping grey mare who arrives chasing a hat-trick following consecutive victories at Newcastle. She's got another 8lb rise to contend with here but remains relatively unexposed and stays this far, whilst the mare she beat last time serves to give the form a rock solid look. On the figures there shouldn't be much between her and Boris The Blade here but the last named was pulled up last time and it remains to be seen whether the first-time headgear sparks a revival. With that in mind we'll nominate Rosie All Over as the most likely danger. Donald McCain has his yard in good form and his inmate is seriously well treated on the pick of her form. She's been a shade disappointing this year but did show more when second last time, so with Jason Maguire taking over in the plate a bold show looks entirely possible. Quiet Bob is an unexposed and mildly progressive sort and he did well to win over the tricky Warwick fences last time, beating Hever Road in the process. Again there should be little between the pair with the Hobbs inmate possibly marginally the best on account of the form of the yard and his less exposed profile, but the race they contested at Warwick didn't look very strong and both need to step up, as does Tank Top who remains a maiden after 16 starts. Blazing Diva gets the marginal vote in a very tight contest; indeed the result may boil down to which horse jumps the best on the day.
Tank Top 11-1 (11-12) Led until 12th, lost place after 14th, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out, in a race won by Ya I Know (10-2) at Bangor 3m 6f hcp chs 0-120 (3) sft in Feb, 10 ran.
Boris The Blade 6-1 (11-11) Tracked leaders, lost place 7th, tailed off from 10th, pulled up after 3 out, in a race won by Treehouse (9-12) at Hexham 3m 1f hcp chs 0-115 (4) sft in Mar, 9 ran.
Blazing Diva (IRE) 3-1 (10-9) Tracked leader, led 10th, not fluent 5 out, pushed along next, clear approaching 2 out, won at Newcastle 3m nov hcp chs 0-115 (4) sft in Mar beating Its Teescomponents (11-7) by 2 3/4l, 4 ran.
Rosie All Over 11-4 (11-0) Tracked leader, joined leader 13th, every chance when mistake 3 out, rallied flat to go 2nd again, 2nd of 4, 1 3/4l behind Seize (11-3) at Ayr 3m 3f hcp ch 0-110 (4) gd in Mar.
Quiet Bob (IRE) 7-2fav (11-9) Held up, headway 11th, ridden before 16th, went 2nd 3 out, led before next, hung left flat, all out, won at Warwick 3m 5f hcp chs 0-100 (4) sft in Mar beating Hever Road (11-1) by 3/4l, 9 ran.
Hever Road (IRE) 7-1 (11-1) Prominent, led 5th, soon headed, lost place before next, rallied approaching 16th, led 17th, headed approaching 2 out, hampered on inside and switched right flat, stayed on, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Quiet Bob (11-9) at Warwick 3m 5f hcp chs 0-100 (4) sft in Mar.
