led but pressed, pushed along and headed 2 out, held when lost 2nd at the last, weakened run-in
held up in last pair, some headway on inside before 3 out, pushed along and outpaced before next
held up in 6th, steady headway tracking leaders when badly injured and fell 2 out
chased leaders, went right 2 out, shaken up and hung left between last two, challenged last, quickened to lead run-in, idled in front towards finish, always doing enough
raced wide chasing leaders, outpaced after 4 out, soon beaten
held up in rear, hung left and stayed on run-in, never going pace to reach leaders
tracked leaders, stayed on under pressure run-in, went 3rd inside final 100 yards, not pace to challenge
pressed leader, led 2 out, headed and not pace of winner run-in, rallied towards finish, always held
Onemorefortheroad was well beaten and Glorious Zoff pulled up in the Betfair here three weeks ago but the lightly-raced Gipsy De Choisel could go well if fully wound-up. Fruit N Nut and Master Dancer both found the ground too testing at Kempton over Christmas. The former has been in good form on the northern circuit since and the latter was a winner earlier at Stratford. ARTISTIC CHOICE is effectively 9lb higher than when getting back to winning ways at Huntingdon but he’s yet to run a bad race over timber and is still receiving lumps of weight from older rivals in this. Black Poppy is still 6lb higher than when landing this 12 months ago but Head Law would have a chance on the pick of his form.
Onemorefortheroad 33-1 (10-13) Off the pace and always towards rear, 11th of 16, 28l behind Aucunrisque (11-4) at Newbury 2m hcp (1) gd in Feb.
Gipsy De Choisel (FR) 5-1 (11-0) Chased leaders on inside, took keen hold, switched left and went 2nd off final bend, not fluent 2 out, lost 2nd and no extra from last, 5th of 9, 12l behind Monviel (10-4) at Ascot 2m hcp (2) gs in Nov.
Head Law (FR) 6-1 (11-8) Held up in midfield, pushed along before 3 out, soon struggling, 8th of 10, 32 3/4l behind Homme Public (12-0) at Huntingdon 2m hcp (3) gd in Jan.
Fruit N Nut (IRE) 16-5 (11-9) Tracked leaders, ridden 2 out, stayed on one pace flat, 3rd of 8, 3 3/4l behind First Impression (11-7) at Catterick 2m hcp (3) gd in Feb.
Master Dancer (FR) 7-2 (10-10) Tracked leaders, pushed along out wide before 3 out, weakened and pulled up before next, at Kempton 2m hcp (3) sft in Dec.
Glorious Zoff (IRE) 100-1 (10-6) Chased leaders and raced wide, went 2nd after 4 out until turning in, soon lost place, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out, at Newbury 2m hcp (1) gd in Feb.
Black Poppy 6-1 (10-4) Chased leaders, pushed along after 3 out, weakened soon after, tailed off, 7th of 10, 32 3/4l behind Blenkinsop (10-6) at Newbury 2m 5f hcp (2) sft in Dec.
Artistic Choice (IRE) 5-1 (11-0) Raced wide, tracked leaders, pushed along 3 out, led 2 out, ridden when hit next, pressed flat, ran on, won at Huntingdon 2m hcp (4) gd in Feb beating Charles St (11-0) by 1/2l, 9 ran.
