raced wide, held up in touch, ridden 5th, struggling from next, tailed off when pulled up approaching last
raced wide, held up in rear, smooth headway on outside approaching 3 out, chased leaders from next, one pace flat
held up, dived at 2nd, headway to chase leaders approaching 3 out, chased winner and every chance next, no extra from last
soon chasing leaders, led approaching 6th, made rest, went left and hit last, eased near finish, dismounted after line
raced wide in rear, headway and in touch after 5th, mistake next, hit 3 out, ridden and beaten after
led 2nd, hit 5th and 4 out, every chance 3 out, weakened under pressure before next
chased leaders until ridden and lost place 6th, rallied under pressure from 2 out, not pace to reach leaders
raced wide, in touch, headway to chase leaders 6th, weakened after next
led until mistake and headed 2nd, close up until ridden and weakened before 3 out, tailed off when hit last
ALBANY was a comfortable winner of a claiming hurdle at Wetherby last week and he is taken to follow up that success under Andrew Tinkler, getting the verdict ahead of Rebel Raider and Wildbach. The last mentioned has been in good form of late and has the beating of Rawaabet on their running at Chepstow a month ago. He should again get the better of Reg Hollishead's gelding and has to be considered but may have to settle for minor honours. Gary Moore's Chance Card gave little sign for encouragement when pulled up on his recent British debut and more solid claims are held by the reappearing Rebel Raider, who has every chance if fit enough for this. Sir Monty has every chance on form and at the weights and he is hard to oppose.
Chance Card (FR) 25-1 (11-1) Led, jumped slowly 3rd, headed and jumped left 5th, weakened and behind when pulled up 2 out in race won by King Gabriel (10-5) at Kempton 2m cnd hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gs in Nov, 13 ran.
Rawaabet (IRE) 7-2 (10-12) Behind, ridden to chase leaders after 3 out, kept on from last, 5th of 11, 5l behind Spare Me (10-13) at Market Rasen 2m 3f clm hdl (5) sft in Nov.
Santera (IRE) 10-1 (10-4) Held up towards rear, smooth headway approaching 3 out, chasing winner and going well, badly hampered on inside rail after 3 out, no chance after, not recover, 5th of 11, 15l behind It's Rumoured (10-0) at Plumpton 2m hcp hdl 0-110 (4) sf.
Albany (IRE) 15-8fav (11-0) Chased leaders, hampered 1st, led 6th, clear from 3 out, won at Wetherby 2m 6f cnd clm hdl (5) gd in Nov beating Mirjan (11-8) by 10l, 16 ran.
Arabian Sun 16-1 (11-6) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 3 out, 5th of 10, 12l behind Satindra (11-6) at Towcester 2m nov sll hdl (5) sft in Nov.
Rebel Raider (IRE) 4-1 (11-7) Always prominent, pulled hard, led after 3rd, not fluent and headed 4th, driven after 3 out, ran on towards finish, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Sun King (11-7) at Huntingdon 2m sll hdl (5) sft in Mar.
Sir Monty (USA) 28-1 (10-12) Held up towards rear, mistake 5th, ridden 13th, behind when mistake next, tailed off when pulled up 4 out in race won by Go For One (10-8) at Ludlow 3m hcp chs 0-120 (3) gs in Nov, 10 ran.
Wildbach (IRE) 11-2 (10-10) Tracked leaders, hit 2nd, ridden 2 out, all out to lead close home, won at Chepstow 2m clm hdl (5) gs in Nov beating Rawaabet (10-5) by 1/2l, 12 ran.
Wondersobright (IRE) 4-1co-fav (10-11) Led until 5th, soon ridden, weakened after 3 out, 7th of 13, 12l behind Magic Merlin (11-3) at N Abbot 2m 1f sll hcp hdl 0-95 (5) gd in Apr.
