led, headed briefly 5th, headed 10th, pushed along before 3 out, weakened from 2 out
tracked leader, led briefly 5th, led 10th, ridden before 2 out, clear before last
tracked leaders in 3rd and in rear, went 2nd from 5 out, ridden before last, kept on and always held
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Stuart Crawford's yard had a winning odds-on favourite in this 12 months ago but Ceithre Delta might struggle to follow up. Spirit Oscar looked beaten when unseating her rider at Kelso last time so this can go to TIKKANDEMICKEY. Raymond Shiels' charge is back over fences after a decent run over hurdles at Hexham earlier this month and may have too much pace for these. Senor Alco is thoroughly exposed and harder to fancy.
Senor Alco (FR) 7-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, blundered 4th, pushed along 13th, weakened after 4 out, 4th of 5, 26l behind Beau Dandy (10-8) at Sedgefield 3m 3f hcp chs 0-120 (4) gf in Apr.
Tikkandemickey (IRE) 6-1 (11-7) Led, not fluent 1st, soon headed, led next, headed before 5th, one pace after 2 out, no impression, 5th of 8, 17l behind Vodka Wells (11-5) at Hexham 2m hcp hdl 0-125 (3) gd.
Ceithre Delta (IRE) 14-1 (10-12) Held up, not fluent 5th, well beaten after 3 out, 4th before last, 4th of 6, 38l behind Tara Mist (11-4) at Perth 2m mares NH nov hdl (4) gd in Apr.
Spirit Oscar (IRE) 4-1 (11-3) Led until 3rd, took keen hold tracking leader, effort after 3 out, blundered and unseated rider next, in a race won by Amethyst Rose (10-12) at Kelso 2m 5f (4) gd in Apr, 5 ran.
