chased leaders, pressed leader before home turn, soon ridden and weakened quickly
close up, ridden after 2 out and outpaced, weakened tamely, pulled up
in rear, headway to track leaders before 2 out, pushed along and pressed leaders home turn, led narrowly approaching last, soon headed, stayed on but held towards finish
front mid-division, steady headway to chase leaders before 2 out, went close 2nd approaching last, led final flight, driven and kept on well run-in
mid-division, chased leaders 2 out where not fluent, ridden before last and weakened
led, raced keenly, pushed along and headed before last, soon weakened
towards rear, lost ground and pushed along after 3 out, soon struggling, pulled up
towards rear, pushed along and headway after 2 out, ran on, not pace to challenge
Sheriff Garrett seeks a fourth course victory but was beaten by Enfin Phil at Sedgefield on Boxing Day on similar terms and has become hard to predict. Ask Paddington could be interesting having won over track and trip just over a year ago when 16lb higher in the weights. Ulverston is another who has slipped to an attractive mark and cheekpieces are applied today but we are going to stick with VINTAGE FIZZ (NAP) as Jedd O’Keeffe’s Bangor winner is clearly on an upward curve
Sheriff Garrett (IRE) 16-1 (11-2) Chased leaders, close up 3rd, not fluent and lost place 6th, pushed along 2 out, faded before last, 5th of 8, 25 1/4l behind East Street (10-3) at Hexham 2m 4f hcp (3) gs in Apr.
Enfin Phil (FR) 13-2 (11-0) Chased leaders, raced wide, not fluent and lost place 5th, not fluent 8th, soon weakened, 5th of 6, dist behind Mick Maestro (11-9) at Catterick 2m 3f hcp (3) gd in Jan.
Ask Paddington (IRE) 11-1 (11-9) Always towards rear, never in contention, 10th of 12, dist behind Half Shot (10-9) at Perth 2m 4f hcp (4) gs in Apr.
Vintage Fizz 4-1 (11-13) Chased leaders, led narrowly 2 out, not fluent last, ridden run-in, ran on well, always doing enough, won at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 4f hcp (5) gd in Apr beating Not Sure (11-9) by 3/4l, 14 ran.
Ulverston (IRE) 6-1 (11-7) Mid-division, pushed along home turn, weakened 2 out, 5th of 7, 17 3/4l behind Jet Of Magic (11-5) at Wetherby 2m 5f hcp (4) sft in Mar.
Animore 25-1 (11-10) Chased leaders on outer, pushed along in 4th over 2 out, no impression and held last, 6th of 12, 14l behind Travail D'Orfevre (11-1) at Kelso 2m 2f hcp (4) gs in Apr.
Simply Loveleh 50-1 (11-0) Always last, lost touch after 3 out, tailed off, last of 4, dist behind Thirtyfourstitches (11-8) at Market Rasen 2m 5f hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Hungry Tiger (IRE) 17-2 (11-7) Mid-division, headway under pressure approaching 2 out, soon pushed along and outpaced, kept on same pace from last, 6th of 12, 6 1/4l behind Cliffs Of Dooneen (10-4) at Carlisle 2m 1f hcp (4) gd in Apr.
