led from 1st, not fluent 6th, pressed from 3 out, kept finding, holding 2nd inside final 100 yards
led until 1st, chased winner, not fluent 5th or 8th, outpaced from 3 out, weakened before last
held up, closed 2 out, went 2nd from last, pressed winner briefly flat, held inside final 100 yards
held up, not fluent 2nd or 4th, short of room 9th, soon switched right, closed 4 out, chased winner 3 out, close up last, lost 2nd and held after, kept on
NonRunner
Captain Quint made a winning debut over timber with a victory over 2m at Hexham while One Fine Man opened his account over hurdles when successful at Cartmel back in May. Marble Sands was beaten a length at Lingfield by a Paul Nicholls-trained winner and the latter runs MR GLASS, who returned from a wind operation to land the odds at Chepstow with the minimum of fuss. There’s plenty more to come from him and he gets the vote. Coolbane Boy looks no nearer winning but point-to-point winner Loughderg Rocco was sold for £75,000, though has no easy task on his debut under Rules.
Mr Glass (IRE) 4-6fav (11-4) Prominent, led and not fluent 3 out, nudged along after 2 out, kept on well, readily, won at Chepstow 2m 3f mdn (4) gd in Oct beating Welsby (11-4) by 4l, 14 ran.
One Fine Man (IRE) 7-2 (11-1) Chased leader, led after 2nd, headed 4th, not fluent 3 out, 4 lengths 2nd last, rallied final 150 yards, led towards finish, won at Cartmel 2m 6f (4) gd in May beating Gladiatorial (11-7) by 1/2l, 6 ran.
Loughderg Rocco (IRE) (12-2) Chsd ldrs, 15l 4th from 7th, clsr 3rd 3out, 2nd 2out, ld aftr 2out, went 6l clr bef last, easily, won at Fairyhouse 3m gd in Apr beating Tim Pat (12-2) by 12l, 12 ran.
Marble Sands (FR) 3-1jfav (10-12) Held up towards rear in touch, pushed along in 4th after 2 out, hit last, ridden and edged left run-in, ran on well to take 2nd on flat, not reach winner, 2nd of 6, 1l behind Milan Bridge (10-12) at Lingfield 2m 3f (3) gs in Nov.
Captain Quint (IRE) 5-2fav (10-12) Tracked leaders, briefly short of room turning for home but soon recovered and joined leader, pushed approaching last where produced a big jump to lead, ridden clear, won at Hexham 2m (4) gs in Nov beating Where's Hector (10-12) by 1 3/4l, 13 ran.
Coolbane Boy (IRE) 4-1 (10-13) Held up on outside, not much room 1st, closed 9th, disputing 2nd when mistake 3 out, soon weakened, last of 7, dist behind Morraman (10-8) at Musselburgh 3m hcp (3) sft in Oct.
