tracked front pair, shaken up and pressed leader last, soon led, ridden out run-in and stayed on well
raced keenly, led, mistake 3 out, faced strong challenge final flight, soon headed and pushed out run-in, not pace of winner
held up in rear, lost action and pulled up after 3 out
close up, pushed along after 3 out, dropped to last and beaten when not fluent 2 out, tailed off
towards rear, headway into 2nd before 2 out, shaken up and every chance last, ridden run-in and soon held
The Role Model only placed once in four starts in Ireland but Richard Newland will get the best out of him. Kracka Nut won a Catterick bumper last season then pulled much too hard at Stratford. He has a smart jumping pedigree as has ONTHEROUGE and it's the latter, who won a Sedgefield bumper by 17 lengths before second in a valuable Kelso event, who looks the one to beat. Wonderweasle's dam has produced winning hurdlers with her first three offspring so she's one to keep an eye on.
Kracka Nut 9-2 (11-9) Mid-division, ridden and outpaced 5f out, weakened thereafter, 9th of 10, 33 1/4l behind Lightfoot Lady (10-9) at Stratford 2m (5) gd in Mar.
Ontherouge 15-2 (10-12) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no impression on winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 11, 3 1/2l behind Bold Reaction (11-4) at Kelso 2m (2) gd in Mar.
The Role Model (IRE) 11-1 (11-7) Mid-division, took keen hold, slight mistake 3rd, headway to track leaders next, 2nd and slight mistake 6th, ridden in 4th 3 out, weakened, 9th of 19, 25 1/4l behind Vera Verto (11-0) at Navan 2m mdn Yielding in Mar.
Unstoppable (FR) 14-1 (10-7) Close up in 3rd, pushed along 4f out, weakened from over 2f out, 4th of 5, 20 1/4l behind Odin's Quest (10-7) at Huntingdon 2m (5) sft in Jan.
Wonderweasle Clovis Du Berlais filly out of Silver Gypsy.
Onesmoothoperator (USA) 1-2fav (11-3) Chased leaders, went 2nd 4th until before next, challenged 2 out, every chance last, soon driven, hung left and no impression final 100 yards, 2nd of 7, 2 1/4l behind Yukon (11-4) at Sedgefield 2m 1f mdn (4) gs in Oct.