held up in touch, not fluent 2nd, headway 8th, soon chasing leaders, weakened before 4f out
held up in rear, blundered 1st, soon under pressure and tailed off, remote 3rd
led until 4th, remained prominent, lost place before 10th, behind when pulled up after 11th
held up in touch, chased leader 4f out, every chance approaching 2f out, led before last, hard driven and held on well
prominent, led 4th, jumped left 2f out, hard ridden and headed approaching last, rallied and stayed on strongly towards finish, just failed
behind, blundered badly 5th, detached before 7th, behind when pulled up before 11th
tracked leaders, mistakes 7th, soon lost place, behind when blundered 14th, pulled up before 4f out
in touch, chased leader 6th, lost place 12th, soon tailed off
keen early, raced in rear, headway when mistakes 10th, weakened 4f out
NO PANIC, Sandhurst and Catch The Stars are the trio which catch our eye here, with preference for the first named. Peter Bowen's got his string in fine form, but there may be a question mark as to whether No Panic will get the trip, having failed to complete some races. This is the furthest he's raced, but the yard must be confident he'll stay the distance. Sandhurst has been placed in four of his eight goes over the bigger fences, but not won since his younger days in Ireland. He's in decent form, and there are no stamina doubts over him. Catch The Stars has won a point to point, but may want some cut in the ground; she's yet to win under rules, but is open to improvement. Winning doesn't come easily to any of these, but we think first home could be No Panic.
Georgian King 9-2fav (11-10) Mid-division, ridden after 8th, weakened after 3 out, 6th of 16, 29l behind Sheshali (10-13) at Exeter 2m 7f hcp hdl 0-130 (3) gf in May.
House Of Bourbon (IRE) 8-11fav (11-6) Held up, pushed along briefly and headway 8th, reminders after 10th, went 2nd after 3 out, no chance with winner, 2nd of 8, 12l behind Picture In The Sky (11-6) at Hereford 3m 2f mdn hdl (5) sft in Jan.
Mystic King 50-1 (9-11) Mid-division until not fluent 7th, soon behind, pulled up before 4 out, in a race won by Tank Buster (10-10) at Newton Abbot 3m 2f hcp ch 0-95 (5) gd, 14 ran.
No Panic (IRE) 13-2 (11-0) Held up towards rear, headway 11th, ridden after 3 out, stayed on under pressure to take second flat, not trouble winner, 2nd of 8, 2 1/2l behind Cruchain (11-0) at Worcester 2m 4f beg chase (4) sft.
Sandhurst (IRE) 11-1 (11-0) Prominent, led 11th, headed approaching 13th, every chance 4 out, hit 3 out, stayed on same pace approaching last, 3rd of 14, 1 3/4l behind Black Beauty (11-0) at Worcester 2m 7f beg chase (4) gd in May.
Stormy Chance (IRE) 12-1 (12-0) in a race won by The Stroker (12-0) at Whitfield 3m ptp in May, 9 ran.
Suprendre Espere 12-1 (10-0) Chased leaders, mistake 10th, not fluent next, soon weakened, 6th of 8, 38l behind King Cyrus (11-12) at Huntingdon 2m 4f hcp chs 0-100 (4) gf in May.
Tricky Tangler (IRE) 14-1 (12-0) Lost plce 5; kpt on 2 out; lkd to fin 4th, 5th of 12, 19l behind Slipawayon (12-0) at Bratton Down 3m ptp in May.
Catch The Stars (IRE) 5-4fav (10-7) Held up, mistake 2nd, headway 4th, pressing leader after 6th, led 10th, headed 3 out, weakened approaching 2 out, left poor 3rd last, 3rd of 9, 27l behind Mystic Storm (11-0) at Towcester 2m 3f mdn chs (4) gf in May.
