held up in rear, headway on outside from 8th, led before not fluent 3 out, stayed on well flat
mid-division, jumped left 7th, headway after 4 out, 3rd and held 2 out, stayed on flat
raced keenly, prominent, slow 1st, not fluent 10th, soon lost place, behind when pulled up before 3 out
mid-division, slow 8th, ridden and struggling 4 out
towards rear, slow 1st, not fluent 7th, headway 10th, 4th and held 2 out
prominent early, chased leaders, 2nd and ridden 3 out, unable to get on terms with winner, kept on
held up rear of mid-division, outpaced 9th, well behind 4 out, pulled up before 3 out
led until before 3 out, weakened 2 out
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Debden Bank was pulled up at Southwell last month but is 4-11 over fences and the booking of Brian Hughes is hardly a negative. Victory Echo arrives off the back of a win at Perth and Drop Him In has shown improved form at Huntingdon recently. Great D'Ange has questions to answer nowadays but Harry Du Berlais won over 3m here in November and has been slipping down the weights again lately. HARDY BOY and Sageburg County are both making their chasing bows but the former looks the pick of the weights and is eased in grade.
Sageburg County (IRE) 10-1 (11-10) Held up in rear of mid-division, going okay when pushed along approaching final flight, kept on strongly towards finish, eyecatcher, 3rd of 13, 10 1/4l behind Bertie Blue (11-11) at Southwell 2m 4f hcp (4) gs in Apr.
Hardy Boy (FR) 9-2 (11-10) Prominent, reminders after 2nd, mid-division 4th, mistake 7th, headway into 4th 4 out, ridden 2 out, not fluent last and faded run-in, 6th of 13, 5 1/4l behind Vandemere (11-11) at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 4f hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Debden Bank 10-1 (11-2) Disputed lead, headed before 5 out and pushed along, soon struggling and pulled up before 3 out, at Southwell 3m hcp (4) gs in Apr.
Drop Him In (IRE) 85-40fav (11-13) Chased leaders on outside, mistake 4th, soon towards rear, went prominent, 11th, lost position 4 out, rallied 3 out, kept on, held when hit last, 4th of 8, 10 1/4l behind Duke Of Deception (11-11) at Huntingdon 3m hcp (5) gs in Apr.
Pileup (IRE) 10-3fav (11-13) Mid-division, struggling 5 out, pulled up before 4 out, at Hexham 2m 4f hcp (5) hvy in Mar.
Victory Echo (IRE) 11-2 (10-11) Led until after 3rd, chased leader until 4 out, went 2nd again 2 out, led last, stayed on, won at Perth 3m hcp (4) gs in Apr beating Flying Verse (12-0) by 2 3/4l, 7 ran.
Toad Of Toad Hall 20-1 (10-10) Chased leaders, jumped right and lost place 13th, tailed off 4 out, pulled up after, at Wincanton 2m 4f hcp (5) gd in Apr.
Caro Des Flos (FR) 13-2 (10-7) Tracked winner until 6th, tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 3 out, 4th of 8, dist behind Master Malcolm (11-7) at Huntingdon 2m 4f hcp (5) sft in Mar.
Great D'Ange (FR) 10-1 (11-6) In rear, pulled up after 6th, at Ludlow 3m hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Harry Du Berlais (IRE) 17-2 (12-0) Held up towards rear, closer on inside into mid-division after 10th, headway chasing leaders before 13th, ridden and weakened between last two, 7th of 15, 6 3/4l behind My Bad Lucy (11-8) at Warwick 3m hcp (5) gd in Apr.
Mac Suibhne (IRE) 10-1 (10-9) Off the pace in last pair, soon in rear, never a factor, tailed off and pulled up before last, at Sedgefield 2m 5f hcp (4) sft in Apr.
