led, pressed from 2 out, ridden after last, headed towards finish, no extra
tracked leaders, went 2nd before 7th, mistake 12th, challenged 2 out, kept on to lead towards finish
tracked leader until before 7th, weakened before 13th
NonRunner
The mare Poetic Presence won between the flags last year and has shown some promise over hurdles. Fly Rory Fly won over timber in Ireland was second in a chase at Wexford last July, though hasn’t raced since the following month and has his first run for new connections. VERY FIRST TIME was a decent staying hurdler and could be an even better chaser judged on recent wins at Hexham and Newcastle. Going and stamina won’t be a problem and he can give 6lb to Ayr fourth Acdc. Brian Hughes has ridden the latter in both victories to date but prefers Tim Easterby’s novice today.
Very First Time 5-2 (11-6) Made virtually all, mistake 11th, drew clear after 2 out, easily (one fence omitted), won at Newcastle 2m 7f hcp (3) sft in Dec beating Teddy Tee (11-4) by 6l, 7 ran.
Acdc (IRE) 11-2jfav (11-10) Mid-division, headway before 4 out, ridden before last, no extra, 4th of 10, 3 1/4l behind Lochnell (11-3) at Ayr 3m hcp (4) hvy in Jan.
Poetic Presence (IRE) 7-1 (10-3) Led until 3 out, weakened before next, 6th of 14, 25 1/2l behind Letemgo (11-9) at Kelso 3m 2f hcp (5) sft in Jan.
Fly Rory Fly (IRE) 8-1 (11-12) Always towards rear, jumped left 8th, some headway 4 out and still in touch 2 out, ridden and no extra approaching straight, 9th of 13, 37 3/4l behind Tesseract (11-12) at Galway 2m 7f Yielding in Aug.
