tracked leaders, led 4 out, headed towards finish, no extra
held up, headway 4 out, ridden 2 out, stayed on strongly flat to lead near finish
mid-division, pushed along 4 out, went 3rd after next, no further progress
tracked leader, led approaching 7th, headed 4 out, outpaced after next
led, headed approaching 7th, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
raced keen in touch, pushed along 4 out, soon beaten
towards rear, struggling from halfway
Nonrunner
King Barry is the pick over Ostfanni and Love That Benny, with Chief Dan George not out of it either. King Barry carried a big weight to victory at Ayr the time before last, but was beaten into second at Perth last month. However, the fast ground would have been against him, plus he did not seem to like going right-handed, and will fare much better under today's conditions. Possextown was beaten out of sight here on his reappearance but has another stab at hurdles before no doubt going back over the bigger obstacles. He would need the ground to dry out to stand a chance, and in any case has a mountain to climb to reverse form with Ostfanni and Love That Benny. Chief Dan George is proving difficult to win with but goes well round here so may make the frame at least, but overall King Barry makes most appeal with conditions in his favour.
Love That Benny (USA) 11-2 (11-5) Tracked leader, led 4 out, ridden 2 out, headed run-in, no extra, 2nd of 7, 3/4l behind Ostfanni (11-1) at Kelso 2m 6f hdl (3) gf.
Ostfanni (IRE) 7-2 (11-1) Held up, headway approaching 7th, pushed along 3 out, went 2nd between last 2, hard ridden, stayed on strongly to lead run-in, won at Kelso 2m 6f hdl (3) gf beating Love That Benny (11-5) by 3/4l, 7 ran.
Chief Dan George (IRE) 5-1 (10-11) Mid-division, hit 4 out, outpaced next, headway 2 out, rallied flat, held towards finish, 3rd of 13, 1 1/2l behind Political Sox (9-11) at Perth 3m hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gs.
King Barry (FR) 11-8fav (11-12) Chased leaders, pushed along 8th, effort 4 out, ridden next, kept on flat, not reach winner, 2nd of 10, 1l behind Clouding Over (11-8) at Perth 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-115 (3) gf in Apr.
Possextown (IRE) 9-1 (10-4) Led, headed 4 out, weakened next, left remote 3rd run-in, 3rd of 7, well behind Ostfanni (11-1) at Kelso 2m 6f hdl (3) gf.
Hapthor 25-1 (10-2) Raced keen in touch, led 5th, headed approaching last, no extra run-in, 3rd of 11, 3l behind Rare Society (11-2) at Hexham 3m mdn hdl (5) gf.
Political Pendant 33-1 (10-4) Tracked leader to 5th, outpaced by leading pair from 4 out, 3rd of 4, 14l behind Premier Dane (11-1) at Kelso 2m 2f hdl (3) gf.
Virtus 100-1 (11-0) Mid-division, beaten from halfway, 11th of 13, well behind Masafi (10-12) at Musselburgh 2m nov hdl (E) gf in Dec.
