held up in rear, steady headway before 6th, 3rd next, tracked leader before 2 out, challenged and hit 2 out, led soon after, clear before last, idled flat, kept on well
in touch, headway and chasing leaders when hit 6th, stayed on same pace in 4th from 3 out, kept on to press for poor 3rd close home, tailed off
chased leaders, pushed along before 5th, lost place next, went poor 3rd soon after last, tailed off
held up, headway on inside 4th, chasing leaders when pushed along before 6th, weakened before 3 out, tailed off
chased leadrs, lost place 4th, struggling in rear after 5th, tailed off
prominent, chased leader before 4th, led approaching 6th, ridden and headed after 2 out, soon lost 2nd, weakened badly and lost poor 3rd soon after last, tailed off
This is a massive drop in grade for the former Paul Nicholls-trained ADVISOR. He had a few runs on the Flat in the summer for Michael Bell and is now with Martin Weston but is an entirely different league to these if retaining any of his former ability. Flowerbud often flatters to deceive and has now had 18 career starts without managing to get her head in front, while Sahrati has gone rapidly downhill since completing a hat-trick last summer. Free Advice and Tenspinhits are former pointers who may need more time.
Advisor (FR) 28-1 (10-0) Pulled hard in mid-division, undere pressure 8th, soon weakened, 12th of 14, well behind Tiger O'Toole (10-5) at Ascot 2m 3f hcp hdl G2 (1) gs in Jan.
Budva 40-1 (10-5) Tracked leaders and keen, pushed along 4 out, weakened before 3 out, 12th of 15, 38l behind Banyan Tree (11-4) at Ludlow 2m nov clm hdl (5) gd.
Free Advice (IRE) 16-1 (11-0) In touch, lost place over 6f out, tailed off, 8th of 12, well behind Heavenstown (11-0) at Ffos Las 2m mdn NH flat (6) gd in Oct.
Kincora Court (IRE) 100-1 (10-7) Behind, mistake 1st, jumped slowly next, tailed off 4th, 7th of 9, well behind Zama Zama (11-0) at Leicester 2m 4f mdn hdl (5) gs.
Sahrati 16-1 (10-12) Held up towards rear, pushed along after 4 out, never a factor, last of 8, well behind Ascendant (10-4) at Hereford 2m 1f cnd/am sll hdl (5) sft.
Tenspinhits (IRE) 6-1 (12-0) Held up; led 3 out til hdd flat; ro, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Ask The Thatcher (12-0) at Ystradowen 3m ptp gd in Mar.
Flowerbud 28-1 (10-11) Held up in mid-division, mistake and weakened 9th, soon pulled up, in a race won by Hunt Ball (11-2) at Folkestone 2m 5f hcp chs 0-95 (5) sft, 9 ran.
