made all, driven approaching last, stayed on
held up in mid-division, took keen hold, blundered and lost place 3rd, rider dropped rein after 3 out, soon well beaten
chased leaders, not always fluent, weakened before bad mistake 2 out, fell last
chased winner, wandered into 2nd, lost 2nd 2 out, went 2nd again last, no impression, kept on
held up in mid-division, headway after 3rd, not fluent 3 out, edged left and 2nd 2 out, 3rd and no impression from last
tracked leaders, not fluent 3rd, 4th and beaten before 2 out, one pace
not always fluent in rear, well beaten from 3 out, brought down last
in rear, not fluent 1st, headway 6th, weakened after 3 out
DORKING LAD has been unlucky not get his head in front so far and he’ll never have a better opportunity than this. Gary Moore’s charge led until the second last in a Grade 3 handicap at Sandown last month. Noble Savage has only run once over hurdles so far so has a bit of scope with a similar comment applying to both Goudhurst Star and Sixty Dollars More
Dorking Lad 12-1 (10-10) Led until pushed along and headed approaching 2 out, lost 2nd after 2 out, chased leading pair, tired jump last, weakened run-in, 9th of 15, 26 1/4l behind Beauport (11-1) at Sandown 2m 4f hcp (1) sft in Mar.
Eairsidh (IRE) 50-1 (11-0) Held up in rear, ridden before end of back straight, well beaten before home straight, 11th of 12, dist behind Fame And Concrete (11-0) at Southwell 2m (5) sft in Dec.
Get Up Them Steps 6-1 (11-2) Went to post early, edgy in prelims, made all, ridden over 1f out, kept on well, unchallenged, won at Stratford 2m mdn (5) gd in Jun beating Vinnie's Getaway (11-2) by 2 1/4l, 6 ran.
Mr Sociable 200-1 (11-1) Soon at rear, under pressure and began to lose touch 5th, detached when pulled up before 4 out, at Taunton 2m 3f (4) gd in Mar.
Noble Savage (IRE) 28-1 (11-4) Soon chasing leaders out wide, edged right and ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 13, 9 1/2l behind Aggy With It (10-11) at Kempton 2m 2f (5) pol in Feb.
Sixty Dollars More (FR) 20-1 (11-5) Always towards rear, 9th of 13, dist behind Champagne Rhythm (11-5) at Chepstow 2m 3f mdn (4) sft in Feb.
Little Miss Alice 300-1 (10-11) Always in rear, 13th of 14, dist behind Camprond (11-4) at Taunton 2m mdn (4) gd in Mar.
Yashims Girl 250-1 (10-9) In rear, not fluent 4th, closed 5th, lost touch before 4 out, soon lost remote 4th, 5th of 6, dist behind Valleres (11-9) at Fontwell 2m 6f (4) gs in Mar.
Goudhurst Star (IRE) 7-1 (11-4) Ran green in rear, pushed along throughout, modest headway under pressure end of back straight, plugged on one pace home straight, 6th of 9, 33 1/4l behind Kyntara (11-4) at Warwick 2m (5) hvy in Feb.