held up in rear, closed over 5f out, lost place 3f out, soon behind
held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, disputing 2nd over 2f out, 3rd and no extra inside final furlong
made all, clear inside final furlong, stayed on well
chased leaders, went 2nd over 1f out, stayed on, unable to trouble winner
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon hung left and weakened
chased winner until over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden and lost place over 5f out, well behind final 3f
Forpaddytheplumber was only beaten a length between the flags at Dromohane last month and Blackwell Bay was also second in a point in April. Prairie Wolf was third under a penalty at Carlisle after winning at Kelso but new connections paid £42,000 for HERMES DE GOUET after he won a maiden point in the spring and he could cap a good day for Venetia Williams. Sporty Jim will almost certainly improve on his fourth at Market Rasen and looks the danger.
Blackwell Bay (IRE) 7-1 (11-4) Prom til blun 10; outpcd aft 3 out; rallied bet last 2; r.o flat, 2nd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Scotch On Da Rocks (11-4) at Mollington 2m 4f mdn in Apr.
Canty Bay (IRE) Shantou gelding out of Afairs.
Forpaddytheplumber (IRE) 7-4 (12-2) Ld from 2nd, jnd 4th & hdd 6out, mstk 3out, looked btn up in 5th 2out, ko agn bef last, went 2nd early flat, 2nd of 10, 1l behind Captain Broomfield (12-2) at Dromahane 3m mdn gd in Nov.
Hermes Du Gouet (FR) 6-4jfav (11-4) Hdwy 12; led flat; stayed on wl, won at Upcott Cross 3m mdn gs in May beating Aracaras (12-0) by 4 1/2l, 10 ran.
So Many Roads Sulamani gelding out of Spotthestripe.
Sporty Jim (IRE) 6-1 (11-4) In touch, headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 14, 13 1/2l behind Chianti Classico (11-4) at Market Rasen 2m 1f mdn (5) sft in Dec.
Valamix (IRE) 11-1 (11-0) In rear, pushed along over 5f out, well beaten final 2f, last of 9, 10 3/4l behind Tchoupinminzac (11-0) at Southwell 2m (5) gd in Nov.
Prairie Wolf (IRE) 7-1 (11-6) Mid-division, headway to chase front rank halfway, ridden 3f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 10, 6 3/4l behind Basford (10-13) at Carlisle 2m 1f (5) sft in Oct.