held up in chasing group, 7 lengths 2nd when went wrong and pulled up just after 3 out
held up in chasing group, outpaced 6th, soon ridden, well beaten after 3 out, went remote 3rd next
held up in chasing group, went 2nd after 3 out, closed next, led before last, clear flat, comfortably
led until 1st, chased leader leader until 3 out, soon weakened
led 1st, clear after next until 2 out, headed before last, soon beaten, one pace
It's been a few years since Banyan Tree was representing the Ballydoyle powerhouse and he's passed over here. MOYNE NINEOSEVEN (NAP) took a Bangor handicap in quite pleasing fashion on his penultimate start and wasn't disgraced behind Speed Check next time up. Hitherto, he's looked better than this lowly grade and a repeat of either of his last two runs should be good enough. He's preferred to Parc Des Princes and Stonethrower. Again, both have been running in superior contests to this and the latter is seen as the main threat as it was only back in April that he was good enough to outpoint the useful Divine Intavention in a decent handicap chase at Ludlow.
Banyan Tree (IRE) 5-1 (11-0) Held up in last pair in touch, headway after 6th, chased leading pair after 2 out, stayed on to dispute 2nd between last 2, weakened last, 3rd of 6, 18l behind Debt To Society (10-11) at Stratford 2m 3f sll hdl (5) gf in Jul.
Moyne Nineoseven (IRE) 7-2 (11-8) Held up in touch, ridden and outpaced between last 2, kept on under pressure when not fluent last, went 3rd flat, no impression, 3rd of 8, 10l behind Speed Check (9-9) at Stratford 2m 6f nov hcp hdl 0-100 (5) gf in Jul.
Parc Des Princes (USA) 10-1 (10-3) Held up in last pair, ridden and outpaced 3 out, soon weakened, tailed off, 4th of 5, 31l behind Chalk It Down (11-8) at Market Rasen 2m 3f hcp hdl 0-130 (3) gd.
Without The Bop (IRE) 66-1 (11-1) Tracked leaders on outside, mistake 1st, lost place before 6th, well beaten after 9th, 9th of 10, well behind Drumlang (11-2) at Worcester 2m 4f hcp chs 0-120 (4) gf.
Helamis 33-1 (10-1) Towards rear, front boot on horse came loose from 2nd, never travelled, weakened before 3 out, 6th of 8, 50l behind Admiral Hawke (10-12) at Market Rasen 2m 1f sell (5) gd.
Stonethrower (IRE) 16-1 (10-12) Chased leaders, weakened 15th, tailed off 3 out, last of 6, well behind His Excellency (11-12) at Perth 3m hcp chs 0-140 (3) gf in Jul.
