keen, tracked leaders, went 2nd 14th, led 3 out, driven and hung badly left flat, headed and no extra final 100 yards
jumped right, held up, good headway approaching 4 out, challenged from next, ridden and every chance last, rallying when squeezed out final 150 yards
held up in rear, some headway approaching 4 out, jumped right and weakened next
held up, headway to lead 12th to 4 out, weakened soon after, tailed off when pulled up before last
led to 5th, stayed handy until weakened 4 out
chased leader, driven along 9th, outpaced 13th, never dangerous after
tracked leaders until weakened 4 out
prominent, led 5th to 12th, led 4 out, narrowly headed next, rallied and driven ahead final 100 yards
Snowy Ford has a fitness advantage over most of his rivals and is taken to defy a 5lb rise for his Fontwell success and score at the main expense of Tommy Carson and Jones's Road. The last mentioned represents top connections but most of Jonjo O'Neill's horses have needed their first run of the season so he may be best watched at present. Tom George's Bee An Bee has claims on the pick of his form but remains a shade high in the weights, while Jaoka du Gord is entitled to need the run but would be of interest if the market spoke in his favour. There should be no fitness doubts concerning recent Plumpton scorer Tommy Carson but he lacks the scope for improvement that Snowy Ford has and Nick Gifford's gelding looks the one to be on.
Bee An Bee (IRE) 10-3fav (10-9) Held up, headway approaching 5th, ridden after 3 out, weakened quickly, 5th of 9, 37l behind Trust Fund (10-1) at Uttoxeter 3m hcp chs (B) sft in Apr.
Snowy Ford (IRE) 12-1 (11-8) Held up, towards rear, led on bit after 4 out, ridden 3 out, ran on gamely under pressure flat, won at Fontwell 3m 2f hcp chs 0-125 (D) gd beating Tom Sayers (11-5) by 1 1/2l, 7 ran.
Jones's Road (IRE) 3-1jt-fav (11-5) Held up, jumped right and badly bumped 2nd, pushed along 12th, weakened next and pulled up 3 out in race won by Iverain (10-8) at Aintree 3m 1f hcp chs 0-120 (D) gd in May, 8 ran.
Jaoka du Gord (FR) 9-4fav (11-12) Mistake 2nd fell at the 5th in race won by Cool Cossack (11-12) at Wetherby 3m 1f hcp chs 0-115 (D) gf in May, 7 ran.
Magic of Sydney (IRE) 14-1 (11-12) Held up mistake 1st, always towards rear, tailed off when pulled up 5 out in race won by Mandica (11-4) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f hcp chs 0-105 (E) sft in Apr, 8 ran.
Tommy Carson 5-2 (10-0) Jumped well, led to 3 out, outpaced before next, rallied gamely flat, regained lead near finish, won at Plumpton 3m 2f hcp chs 0-120 (D) gd beating Midnight Gunner (10-5) by 1/2l, 7 ran.
Pardini (USA) 33-1 (10-12) Chased leaders until mistake and ridden 6th, weakened 8th, 6th of 10, well behind Ostfanni (10-13) at Cheltenham 3m 1f nov hdl (D) gd.
Stormy Skye (IRE) 6-1 (11-10) Held up in touch, mistake 6th, behind when pulled up at the 10th in race won by Our Jolly Swagman (11-0) at N Abbot 2m 5f sll hcp chs 0-100 (F) gf in May, 8 ran.
