raced keenly, led, went clear after 1st until hit next, hampered by goose before 5th, hit 7th, not fluent and headed 4 out, chased leader, in front again before 2 out, clear between last two, eased towards finish
chased leader, led 4 out, awkward 3 out, headed before dived at 2 out, no chance with winner, finished tired and just held on for 2nd
held up last, not fluent 3rd, closer tracking leaders 5th, 3rd at 8th, mistake and lost 3rd next, outpaced 4 out, weakened soon after, hit next
chased leaders until lost place and dropped to rear before 7th, rallied out wide next, went 3rd at 9th, pushed along turning in, no impression 3 out, weakened between last two
chased leaders on inside, lost place 5th, outpaced and struggling in rear 8th, rallied from 2 out, stayed on run-in, just missed 2nd, no chance with winner
Slate House faces an easier task than at Cheltenham last time while Rockstar Ronnie landed a double over course and distance before struggling back here. Somekindofstar has been below par since beating DOUKAROV at Fakenham in January. But the latter has subsequently won at Sandown and having run well again at Newbury recently, Sean Curran’s charge is taken to reverse running in this. Mystical Clouds upped in class on the back of winning at Newcastle.
Slate House (IRE) 40-1 (10-3) Chased leaders, headway to dispute lead 4th, headed before 7th, led briefly 3 out, soon headed, pushed along before 2 out, no extra after last, 6th of 15, 14 1/4l behind Coole Cody (11-2) at Cheltenham 2m 5f hcp (1) sft in Mar.
Rockstar Ronnie (IRE) 5-2 (11-8) Led, ridden and headed 5 out when mistake, weakened thereafter, 4th of 5, 17 1/2l behind Sebastopol (11-12) at Kempton 2m hcp (3) gd in Mar.
Doukarov (FR) 6-4fav (11-6) Tracked leaders, led 2 out, joined next, ridden and headed flat, no extra towards finish, 2nd of 6, 1 1/4l behind Antunes (11-11) at Newbury 2m hcp (3) gd in Apr.
Somekindofstar (IRE) 15-2 (11-2) Jumped left at times, bumped 6th, tracked leaders, disputing 2nd when jumped slowly 4 out, weakened quickly before 3 out, 5th of 6, 35 1/4l behind Monsieur Lecoq (11-12) at Newbury 2m hcp (3) sft in Mar.
Mystical Clouds (IRE) 5-1 (11-11) Mid-division, headway approaching 4 out, led before next, ran on well from 2 out, won at Newcastle 2m 4f hcp (4) gd in Mar beating Dawn Raider (11-12) by 1 1/4l, 8 ran.
