in touch, weakened before 4 out
behind, headway approaching 2 out, stayed on never nearer
made all, jumped right 2nd and 4th, driven clear approaching 2 out, hard ridden after last, held on gamely
in touch, headway before 3 out, chased winner next, stayed on well under pressure
always behind
held up in rear, headway approaching 3 out, weakened next
in touch, under pressure before 4 out, soon faded
mid-division, lost place before 4 out
in touch, lost place before 3 out
held up in rear, headway 4 out, chased leaders next, never on terms
tracked leader, ridden to challenge approaching 3 out, weakened next
behind, headway approaching 3 out, soon chasing leaders, kept on well, never able to challenge
tracked leaders, went 2nd 3rd, hit 7th, soon lost place
held up towards rear, headway 6th, never on terms
always behind
A rather tricky finale for punters however Lady Pilot looked like winning when taking a tumble last time over the jumps and so she gets the nod here ahead of Kahrayn, Amigayle, Pantherus and Music Celebre. The selection has since had a run on the flat and performed ok without excelling herself. That run should have got her back into the routine and assuming that this hold-up performer gets the breaks from the rear of the field, she should run a big race. Dubai Ace is a course and distance winner but has had plenty of training interruptions in the past, whilst Pantherus has threatened in the past to be half-decent but ultimately looks to be ending up as pretty average. Music celebre represents a stable in good nick, and the horse comes here fresh on the back of a ready selling success three weeks ago. Trebello is a fairly rare jumps runner for trainer Jim Boyle, whilst Kahrayn's run behind Lease Lend last time out is the best single piece of form on offer but the worry is that inexperience may be costly in this large field. An open contest to round off proceedings, with Lady Pilot given the vote.
Lord Appellare (IRE) 25-1 (11-0) Led, ridden and headed 3 out, weakened soon after, 6th of 14, 36l behind Hora (9-9) at Ascot 2m 3f mdn hdl (3) gd in Apr.
Lady Pilot 7-4fav (11-11) Held up, headway after 3 out, led after 2 out until fell at the last in race won by South Bank (11-11) at Huntingdon 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-110 (4) sft in Mar, 7 ran.
Aimigayle 9-2 (10-9) Made all, ridden clear approaching last, won at N Abbot 2m 6f mrs nov hdl (4) gd in Apr beating Caoba (10-5) by 9l, 9 ran.
Kahrayn 11-2 (11-3) Tracked leaders, ridden 3 out, stayed on from last, 3rd of 22, 2l behind Lease Lend (11-9) at Doncaster 2m 3f nh nov hdl (3) gs in Jan.
Tavalu (USA) 11-2 (11-7) Held up, ridden and weakened 4 out, 5th of 9, 20l behind Busy Isit (11-6) at Kempton 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-115 (4) gs in Mar.
Pantherus (IRE) 20-1 (11-5) Mid-division, pushed along 7th, weakened next, 7th of 10, 44l behind Liberia (10-7) at Warwick 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gf in Mar.
Glenary (IRE) 16-1 (11-0) Led until 4 out, soon weakened, 6th of 14, well behind Oscar Bay (11-7) at Chepstow 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) gd in Apr.
Trebello 9-2 (10-2) Held up, mistake 3rd, weakened 11th, well behind when hampered 3 out, 8th of 9, 37l behind Busy Isit (11-6) at Kempton 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-115 (4) gs in Mar.
