made virtually all, ridden 3 out, stayed on strongly flat
raced in last place, ridden 3 out, improved approaching 2 out, jumped left when 4th at last, kept on towards finish
held up, ridden and headway to go 3rd over 2 out, driven and chased winner flat
mid-division, improved to chase winner 13th, ridden and not look resolute over 2 out, lost 2nd flat
chased winner, blundered badly 5th, soon pulled up
held up, improved 8th, ridden to go 3rd 3 out, weakening when blundered badly last
chased leaders, mistake 10th, not fluent next, soon weakened
close up chased winner after 5th until 13th, soon weakened
NESNAAS is given just a tentative vote in this poor handicap chase with both King Cyrus and Knock Boy worth noting. The selection has shown ability in the past and won back to back races at Wincanton this time last year. Since then though his form has been only moderate but as a result his rating has fallen to what looks like a winnable one so any market moves should be noted. King Cyrus ran well to finish second at both Huntington and Wincanton last month but he did disappoint at Plumpton on ground that would have been far from ideal. With conditions to suit once again he has to warrant respect. Knock Boy is still a maiden after thirteen starts and will need to show further improvement to figure here.
King Cyrus (IRE) 9-4fav (11-5) Led, mistake 4 out, headed 3 out, weakened quickly, 5th of 9, 27l behind Hoof It Harry (10-6) at Plumpton 2m 5f 4yo Am hcp hdl (4) gf in May '08.
Nesnaas (USA) 9-2fav (10-6) Mid-division, ridden after 9th, stayed on one pace, 6th of 10, 10l behind Launde (11-10) at Wincanton 2m hcp chs 0-120 (3) gf in Apr.
Marked Man (IRE) 40-1 (11-8) Mid-division, headway approaching 6th, weakened approaching 3 out, 6th of 14, 31l behind Apocalozzo (10-8) at Southwell 2m 4f hcp chs 0-100 (4) gd in Apr.
Knock Boy (IRE) 11-2 (10-13) Always behind, hit 5th struggling 10th, 8th of 9, 30l behind Vial De Kerdec (10-8) at Plumpton 2m 4f hcp chs 0-95 (5) gd in Apr.
Millenium Mag (FR) 33-1 (10-13) Prominent, mistake 1st, jumped left 4th, weakened 7th, tailed off when blundered badly 3 out, soon pulled up, in a race won by Shelomoh (11-8) at Towcester 2m hcp chs 0-95 (5) sft in Jan, 11 ran.
King Diamond (FR) 25-1 (10-4) Held up in rear, mistake 1st, headway approaching 3 out, soon weakened, 5th of 14, 24l behind Apocalozzo (10-8) at Southwell 2m 4f hcp chs 0-100 (4) gd in Apr.
Suprendre Espere 33-1 (10-12) Chased leading pair until jumped slowly 7th, weakened approaching 2 out, hanging right before last, 4th of 5, 17l behind Kervriou (10-12) at Huntingdon 2m nov chs 0-115 (4) gf in Apr.
Kercabellec (FR) 33-1 (9-7) Prominent, mistake 5th, lost place after 6th, behind from 9th, 10th of 14, 48l behind Apocalozzo (10-8) at Southwell 2m 4f hcp chs 0-100 (4) gd in Apr.
