held up in rear, blundered 6th, soon well behind, tailed off
prominent, ridden after 5th, weakened approaching next
in touch, not fluent and lost place 3rd, effort 6th, weakened 3 out
prominent early, in touch, ridden after 3 out, soon weakened, mistake last
prominent, led after 3 out, headed approaching 2 out, edged right and bumped after hurdle, not much room approaching last, weakned flat
mid-division, headway approaching 6th, no impression on leaders from 2 out, one pace
led until ridden after 3 out, hampered after 2 out, still every chance last, not much room and switched left towards finish
held up in rear, headway approaching 6th, ridden and close up 2 out, no impression on leaders flat
tracking leaders on outside 2nd, lost place 5th, weakened next, pulled up before 2 out
held up towards rear, headway on inside after 5th, hampered after 3 out, soon weakened
held up in rear, headway on wide outside 6th, ridden and weakened after 3 out
tracked leaders, led approaching 2 out where not fluent, soon edged left, not fluent last, soon headed, stayed on
held up in touch, mistake 3rd, not clear run approaching 2 out, challenged last, soon led, edged right towards finish, driven out
held up towards rear, blundered 3rd, mistake 4th, headway when blundered 6th, tracking leaders when not much room, stumbled and fell after 3 out
A valuable prize for the time of year which should be within the grasp of TZORA who's preferred to National Trust and Mission Control amongst others. The booking of Timmy Murphy to ride Come Out Firing and A. P. McCoy for Forty Thirty are fascinating engagements whilst Humbel Ben was gambled on last time and ran well enough until finding little off the bridle but they could all struggle to cope with Tzora who may just have crept in on a lenient mark. He showed plenty of ability on his first two starts before proving slightly disappointing at Hereford. He seemed to relish the faster ground on his return from a break at Wincanton and can build on that success. National Trust's Ffos Las win received a boost when Federstar, the second home, went on to win his next three starts and David Bass helps negate the 13lb rise in the weights whilst Mission Control has gone well fresh in the past and was progressive last summer. Support for Pemberton in first time cheekpieces on debut for David Pipe would look interesting but we reckon that this can go the way of Tzora.
Acambo (GER) 12-1 (11-8) Held up towards rear, pushed along approaching 5th, soon struggling, last of 12, well behind Inventor (11-5) at Hexham 2m hcp hdl (2) gf.
Raslan 28-1 (11-10) Mid-division, mistake 2nd, reminders in rear 4th, well behind 6th, 13th of 14, 47l behind Son Of Flicka (11-6) at Worcester 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-135 (3) gd.
National Trust 4-1 (11-7) Held up towards rear, headway approaching 6th to chase leaders, led approaching 2 out, driven out, held on towards finish (no time taken), won at Ffos Las 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-125 (3) sft in Mar beating Federstar (10-7) by 1/2l, 7 ran.
Overclear 13-2 (11-10) Towards rear, blundered 9th, struggling from next, 8th of 12, 26l behind King Troy (11-12) at Stratford 2m 5f hcp chs 0-140 (2) gf in May.
Pemberton 5-6fav (10-11) Blundered and rider lost iron 1st, tracked leading pair, challenged 12th, led 2 out, 2 lengths clear when stumbled last, ridden and kept on flat, won at Sedgefield 2m 4f beg chase (4) hvy in Mar beating Greenbelt (11-0) by 3 1/2l, 5 ran.
Mission Control (IRE) 11-4 (12-0) Held up in rear, headway 6th, hit 3 out, chased winner and mistake last, stayed on under pressure, always held, 2nd of 6, 1/2l behind Arkose (10-12) at Huntingdon 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) gs in Nov.
Dantari (IRE) 13-2 (11-5) Tracked winner, ridden 3 out and outpaced, one pace from next, 2nd of 12, 10l behind The Jigsaw Man (11-6) at Aintree 2m 1f hcp hdl 0-135 (3) gd in May.
Forty Thirty (IRE) 4-1 (10-12) In rear, headway approaching 2 out, chased winner from last, no impression, 2nd of 9, 3l behind Tiger O'toole (10-13) at Stratford 2m hcp hdl 0-135 (3) gf in May.
Is It Me (USA) 33-1 (11-2) Mid-division on outside, headway after 4th, weakened next, 10th of 14, 29l behind Son Of Flicka (11-6) at Worcester 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-135 (3) gd.
Ring For Time 15-2 (11-12) Held up mid-division, pushed along after 4 out, soon ridden, headway on outer approaching 3 out, ridden approaching last, kept on towards finish, 2nd of 12, 3/4l behind Mini Minster (11-3) at Wetherby 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gd in May.
Come Out Firing (IRE) 12-1 (11-11) Tracked leaders, joined leader from 7th, led approaching and jumped left 3 out, soon headed and weakened, 6th of 9, 42l behind Tarvini (11-5) at Wetherby 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-135 (3) gd.
Whenever 2-1 (11-8) Prominent, shaken up briefly when not fluent 7th, weakened 3 out, 4th of 10, 33l behind Penylan Star (11-1) at Exeter 2m 7f nh nov hdl (4) gd in Apr.
Humbel Ben (IRE) 6-1 (10-3) Chased leaders, chased winner approaching 2 out, kept on, no impression, 2nd of 14, 6l behind Tabaran (10-2) at Newton Abbot 2m 3f hcp hdl 0-135 (3) gd in May.
Tzora 2-1fav (11-0) Tracked leaders, led after 2 out, hard ridden last, stayed on well flat, won at Wincanton 2m mdn hdl (4) gf in Apr beating Blue Spartan (11-0) by 1 1/4l, 16 ran.
