in rear, reminders after 6f, soon struggling, lost touch 7f out, tailed off
chased leaders on inside, outpaced halfway, soon lost place, tailed off and eased 7f out
chased leaders, driven and outpaced by leading pair 3f out, no chance from over 2f out, lost 3rd well inside final furlong
led, headed 6f out, lost place over 4f out, soon outpaced, 5th and beaten over 2f out, plugged on to go 3rd well inside final furlong, no chance with leading pair
held up behind, headway and in touch halfway, driven to chase leaders over 3f out, weakened 2f out
mid-division on inside, headway to go 2nd over 3f out, ridden and outpaced 2f out, no chance with winner from over 1f out
chased leaders on inside, driven and outpaced 6f out, weakened over 3f out
tracked leader, led 6f out, driven when hung badly left 3f out, ridden 2f out, drew clear from over 1f out, comfortably
mid-division, lost place halfway, soon lost touch, tailed off
We finish the meeting with a bumper and SCOTER FONTAINE will surely go off a short priced favourite and should have the beating of Wood Yer and Edlomond. Rebecca Curtis won this event last year with Jack Black Blues and it looks like Scoter Fontaine has this race at his mercy. The selection contested the Land Rover Bumper at the Punchestown festival where he ran nicely to finish fourth after being backed into outright favourite for the race. This race will be considerably easier and with the champ in the plate he will prove very tough to beat. Wood Yer from the Twiston-Davies camp has some nice form to his name and if progressing again he will make his presence felt. He seemed to get bogged down in the mud at Haydock on his latest start but if reproducing his Ascot effort behind Sprinter Sacre he will certainly be in the frame. Edlomond has also had the two starts to date and has run with credit on both occasions. However, he does have a bit to find with the first mentioned but could be capable of running into a place. Bahr Nothing and My Idea are two to note on their debuts.
Bridge Street Boy Alflora gelding out of Celtic Bridge.
Castle Legend 50-1 (10-11) Mid-division, lost place halfway, soon well behind, tailed off, last of 15, well behind Saintly Lady (10-11) at Hereford 2m 1f NH flat (5) sft in Dec.
Toomyvara (IRE) Midhish gelding out of Kilannadrum.
Toxic Asset 5-1 (11-1) Held up mid-division, weakened over 6f out, 10th of 15, 20l behind Birch Hill Bedouin (11-1) at Newcastle 2m mdn NH flat (6) gd in Oct.
Bahr Nothing (IRE) 16-1 (10-8) Held up towards rear, pushed and headway approaching 5f out, weakened well over 3f out, 7th of 13, 29l behind Di Kaprio (10-1) at Doncaster 2m NH flat (2) gd in Mar.
Edlomond (IRE) 16-1 (10-4) Led and keen, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 15, 9l behind Skint (10-9) at Stratford 2m NH flat (5) sft in Mar.
My Idea Golan gelding out of Ghana.
Scoter Fontaine (FR) 7-2fav (10-11) Keen hold, always prominent, challenged and led over 2f out, joined 1 1/2f out, soon headed and kept on same pace, 4th of 20, 8l behind Divine Rhapsody (10-4) at Punchestown 2m nhf gd.
Floating Cloud 50-1 (10-1) Always behind, last of 15, well behind Whoops A Daisy (10-3) at Bangor 2m 1f NH flat (5) gd.
Wood Yer (IRE) 6-4fav (10-10) Tracked leaders, wanting to hang left from over 3f out, soon challenging winner, no impression over 1f out, 2nd of 5, 12l behind Safran De Cotte (10-12) at Haydock 2m NH flat (6) hvy.
