held up last, disputing 3rd 5th until dropped to rear 8th, never on terms after, weakened and no chance from 10th, tailed off before 3 out, soon pulled up
not fluent 1st, pushed along at times, tracked leading pair, went 2nd 4th, ridden when mistake 12th, ridden and closed 2 out, held and no extra between last 2
tracked leader until led 2nd, not fluent 3 out, joined next, ridden and in command between last 2
led until 2nd, chased winner until 4th, dropped to last and mistake 5th, rallied into 3rd again 8th, ridden after 4 out, kept on same pace before next
Monty's Award must give weight away to all rivals and this useful hurdler has yet to tackle larger obstacles and may find this a tough assignation against a couple of more experienced sorts over fences. Kilcara gained a first chase success a week ago at Warwick under his promising conditional pilot and is respected on that evidence but TEMPLEPARK, arguably unfortunate not to score over timber, has always looked more of a chaser. He didn't run at all badly on chasing debut at Huntingdon, despite being last of three and this extra half mile will surely prove beneficial. Decent hurdlers Shoal Bay and Ballyart make chasing debuts on the back of useful hurdling form.
Monty's Award (IRE) 11-1 (11-4) Tracked leaders, pushed along after 3 out, outpaced before next, plugged on run-in, 4th of 10, 6 1/4l behind Earlofthecotswolds (11-12) at Market Rasen 2m 5f hcp (3) gd in Apr.
Shoal Bay (IRE) 9-2 (11-5) Raced wide, chased leader, hit 2nd, lost 2nd on long run to 2 out, soon outpaced, plugged on run-in, 5th of 9, 11 1/4l behind From Eden (11-2) at Ayr 3m hcp (3) gd in Apr.
Templepark 6-4 (11-11) Led, not fluent 4 out, strongly challenged 2 out, headed last, no extra run in, last of 3, 5l behind Cosmic King (11-6) at Huntingdon 2m hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Ballyart (IRE) 9-2 (11-10) Led until before 3 out, chased winner until ridden before next, weakened quickly between last 2, 7th of 13, 26 1/4l behind Cracker Jak (10-5) at Newbury 3m hcp (4) gs in Mar.
Kilcara (IRE) 13-2 (11-1) Chased leader, challenged 7th, led 4 out, ridden and headed last, left in clear lead by rivals mistake at the last, stayed on, won at Warwick 2m hcp (4) gd in May beating Jaboticaba (11-9) by 4l, 5 ran.
