always behind, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
mid-division, shaken up and headway after 3 out, led approaching last, idled flat, driven out
held up towards rear, brief effort 3 out, weakened quickly and pulled up before next
in touch, headway 5th, led after 3 out, ridden and headed next, kept on flat
led after 2nd, headed 5th, soon hung badly left, weakened, pulled up after 3 out
chased leaders, ridden to lead briefly approaching 2 out, weakening when hit last
hit 1st, mid-division, headway approaching 5th, ridden to lead approaching 2 out, soon wandered under pressure, headed last, kept on
chased leaders, ridden approaching 5th, soon weakened, pulled up after 3 out
jumped badly left throughout, led until after 2nd, with leader, led 5th until after 3 out, soon weakened, pulled up before next
mid-division, headway and mistake 3 out, soon ridden, kept on flat
held up towards rear, headway after 5th, ridden and every chance approaching 2 out, faded from last
held up towards rear, headway after 4th, ridden to chase leaders approaching 2 out, kept on same pace
Jazz City gets the narrow vote here over Todlea and Cathedral Rock. The selection was a well beaten third behind My Turn Now last time out but he meets nothing of that class here today and he can make his experience count. He should have no problems with the ground and he should prove tough to beat. Todlea has got some fair flat form and he ran okay on his debut over hurdles but he is likely to find this ground too testing and for that reason we will take him on. Cathedral Rock may therefore give our selection the most to think about as he has run with credit on both of his starts over hurdles and as both of those runs have been with plenty of cut in the ground he has to be shortlisted. Duelling Banjos was decent on the flat but he was very disappointing on heavy ground last time on his hurdling debut and we are happy to stick with Jazz City as our choice to lead them home.
Afair Promise (NZ) 12-1 (11-0) Took keen hold, held up, headway to track leaders over 6f out, close up on inner over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 15, 11l behind Earth Man (11-4) at Newbury 2m nhf Grd 2 (A) gs in Dec '04.
Cathedral Rock (IRE) 20-1 (11-4) Held up, pushed along after 2 out, kept on steadily after, nearest finish, 3rd of 14, 21l behind Hobbs Hill (11-4) at Folkestone 2m 1f nov hdl (4) gs in Jan.
Classic Gold (GER) 100-1 (10-12) Mid-division, headway 5th, weakened 3 out and pulled up at the last in race won by Amaretto Rose (10-5) at Ascot 2m nov hdl (4) gs in Dec, 16 ran.
Duelling Banjos 33-1 (11-3) Always in rear, tailed off, 9th of 10, well behind Safari Adventures (11-3) at Folkestone 2m 1f nov hdl (4) hvy in Feb.
Im A Tanner 100-1 (10-7) Held up and keen, never dangerous, tailed off when pulled up 2 out in race won by Corran Ard (11-0) at Southwell 2m mdn hdl (5) gs in Dec, 14 ran.
Jardin De Vienne (FR) (9-6) 4th of 12, 6l behind Also Risky (8-9) at La Teste De Buch 1m hcp in Jun (Flat).
Jazz City 9-1 (10-9) Prominent, ridden 3 out, one pace after, 3rd of 13, 19l behind My Turn Now (11-6) at Taunton 2m 1f nov hdl (3) sft in Dec.
Tipsy Lad 5-1 (8-13) Behind, ridden over 3f out, no response, eased when no chance over 1f out, last of 12, 42l behind Captain Darling (8-10) at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jul (Flat).
Todlea (IRE) 20-1 (10-12) Tracked leader, weakening when mistake last, 4th of 8, 14l behind Court Ruler (10-12) at Ascot 2m nov hdl (2) gs in Nov.
Delightfully 100-1 (9-10) Mid-division, headway approaching 4 out, soon ridden, weakened after 3 out, 8th of 15, 26l behind Briareus (11-7) at Newbury 2m nov hdl (E) gd in Apr '05.
Phardessa 16-1 (11-2) Pulled hard in rear, never near leaders, 9th of 17, 47l behind Annie's Answer (11-2) at Huntingdon 2m mrs mdn hdl (4) sft in Feb.
Blandford Flyer 250-1 (10-12) In rear, some late progress, 6th of 15, 42l behind Punjabi (10-12) at Ludlow 2m 4yo nov hdl (4) gd in Jan.
Pelo Du Bief (FR) 66-1 (11-0) Never a factor, 8th of 17, 33l behind Silver Jaro (11-0) at Warwick 2m 4yo mdn hdl (4) hvy in Jan.
