chased winner, led briefly 5th, outpaced before 3 out, soon weakened, lost 3rd last
jumped slowly at times, made virtually all, ridden along before 11th, drawing clear from 2 out, stayed on dourly
in rear, not fluent 7th, ridden before slow 11th, slow again next, well beaten 4 out, went 3rd last
chased leaders, challenged 12th, no impression from 2 out
NonRunner
Inchcolm is the only one with recent worthwhile form in a poor contest but he’s not exactly consistent and is 0-17 under Rules having failed to score in five runs between the flags. Carqalin and Jump And Jump are also long-standing maidens while The Last Bridge will test the resilience and strength of Charlie Deutsch after a lay-off. MOORSTOWN might get an easy lead and has his favoured ground. He only ran once last year but has been dropped a few pounds so gets a tentative vote.
Moorstown (IRE) 4-1 (11-2) Led until 5th, chased leaders until not fluent and reminder 11th (water), reminders and struggling before 12th, weakened into poor 5th when pulled up before next, at Perth 3m hcp (4) hvy in Sep.
The Last Bridge 4-1fav (10-11) Prominent on outside, jumped left 7th, pushed along before 10th, lost 2nd next, struggling 14th, tailed off, 7th of 10, dist behind King's Song (11-9) at Southwell 3m hcp (5) gd in Jun.
Inchcolm (IRE) 8-1 (10-3) Tracked leaders, ridden to chase leader 3 out, left in lead next, mistake last and soon headed, kept on, 2nd of 9, 3 1/4l behind Dick Darsie (11-2) at Wetherby 3m hcp (4) sft in Dec.
Carqalin (FR) 6-1 (10-10) Chased leaders, not fluent 2nd, dropped to mid-division 10th, closed 14th, chased winner 4 out until 3 out, weakened before 2 out, lost 3rd approaching last, 4th of 12, 31 1/2l behind Goring One (11-6) at Wincanton 3m 3f hcp (5) sft in Dec.
Jump And Jump (IRE) 8-1 (10-4) Towards rear, headway before 4 out, ridden before 3 out, one pace and no impression, 3rd of 8, 22l behind More Than Luck (11-10) at Taunton 2m 7f hcp (5) gd in Nov.
