chased leaders, went 2nd 6th until no extra flat
made all, soon clear, unchallenged
towards rear, soon outpaced
held towards rear, blundered and unstead rider 4th
towards rear, soon outpaced
chased winner to 6th, stayed on until regained 2nd flat, no chance with winner
River Logic and Prince Ary look to have this between them, and if they run to form the remainder are battling for third place. Our vote goes to Prince Ary, although race could be a humdinger if both run to form. David Pipe sends his charge many a mile to contest this prize and he has not been given hard races in defeat on his last two starts. Trip and ground suit and the application of a first-time visor clinches the deal for us. River Logic has been very highly tried but is patently not in the same class as the likes of Altilhar and Katchit, who have won the last two races he has contested. This is much more his level and he has a couple of fast ground flat wins to his name so the ground should be fine for him and he can get much closer. The others with necessary experience make no appeal here, while Castle Craigs will need to show far moe than on his March bumper debut to get competitive. We'll take Prince Ary to just shade it.
River Logic (IRE) 150-1 (11-0) Mistake 1st, always towards rear, tailed off approaching 3 out, 7th of 12, 38l behind Katchit (11-0) at Aintree 2m nov hdl Grd 1 (1) gd in Apr.
Prince Ary 6-4 (11-0) Chased leader, led after 5th, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, soon no chance with winner, 2nd of 8, 4l behind Artadi (10-11) at Wincanton 2m nov hdl (4) frm in Apr.
Flaming Heck 28-1 (11-8) Mid-division, outpaced 4 out, 5th of 12, 20l behind Insurgent (10-7) at Kelso 2m 1f hcp chs 0-100 (4) gs in Apr.
Taras Knight (IRE) 25-1 (11-6) Behind, some late headway 3 out, never near leaders, 7th of 12, 25l behind South O'The Border (11-6) at Perth 2m nov hdl (3) sft in Apr.
Vertigo Blue 18-1 (10-2) Mid-division, headway to go in touch approaching 6th, weakened from next, pulled up before 2 out pulled up 2 out in race won by Minster Abbi (10-7) at Catterick 2m 3f ldy hcp hdl (5) hvy in Feb, 13 ran.
Buffy 12-1 (10-2) Tracked leaders, ridden approaching 3 out, hit next, weakened from last, 5th of 16, 14l behind Kyber (10-6) at Musselburgh 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-105 (4) gd in Feb.
Castle Craigs (IRE) 5-1 (11-2) Held up, effort over 4f out, soon weakened, 5th of 8, well behind Quws Law (11-2) at Ayr 2m nhf (6) sft in Mar.
