chased leaders, wide on home turn, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders on outside, pushed along and lost place 4f out, weakened soon after
slowly away, held up well in rear, 6th and plenty to do when good headway on inside chasing leaders soon after, switched right and chased winner inside final furlong, stayed on, always held
raced keenly, led and disputed, led 2f out, ridden and headed 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, no extra in 3rd
started slowly, behind, rapid headway on outside chasing leaders over 5f out, ridden and weakened 2f out
tracked leaders, pushed along 4f out, closed between horses over 1f out, ridden to lead 1f out, always holding on
led and disputed, every chance 2f out until lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
always behind
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ATTAIN teamed-up with Simon Walker to win this off a higher mark last year and should make another bold bid. Estibdaad also won this back in 2015 under today’s amateur and can go well again while Bamako Du Chatelet was only fourth behind the selection last year but arrives in good form having won over track and trip before going close again at Wolverhampton. Pastoral Music has a chance on his earlier success at Newcastle and Bertie Moon won a seller here last month.
Bamako Du Chatelet (FR) 6-4fav (10-0) Towards rear, headway and in touch 7f out, ridden to chase leader entering final 2f, soon every chance, edged left and kept on one pace final furlong, 2nd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Willyegolassiego (9-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
What A Scorcher 8-1 (12-0) Led, not fluent 5th, headed before 2 out, soon weakened, 9th of 13, 36 1/2l behind Rebel Yeats (12-0) at Warwick 2m 3f hcp (4) gd in Sep.
Ravenous 20-1 (10-3) Slowly away in rear, wide and headway over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 10, 14 3/4l behind Time To Blossom (10-10) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Bertie Moon 8-1 (9-10) Tracked winner, ridden 3f out, faded inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 15 1/2l behind Author's Dream (9-10) at Lingfield 2m hcp (5) pol in Jan.
William Booth (IRE) 9-4fav (9-4) Tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 10, 22 3/4l behind Acker Bilk (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Attain 11-2 (9-7) In touch, ridden and headway 2f out, chased clear leading pair inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 11, 4 3/4l behind Broughtons Story (9-8) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Estibdaad (IRE) 9-1 (9-5) Keen tracked leader, ridden to lead entering final 2f, soon headed, weakened final furlong, 8th of 11, 10 1/2l behind Broughtons Story (9-8) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Elusive Cowboy (USA) 20-1 (9-0) Mid-division, reminders and lost place 7f out, soon behind, 9th of 10, 13 3/4l behind General Brook (8-12) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Pastoral Music 7-1 (11-4) Chased winner throughout, well held last, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 6, 12l behind Silver Concorde (11-10) at Musselburgh 2m (4) gd in Dec.