chased leaders, outpaced when mistake 12th, struggling and no chance when left moderate 4th at 15th, tailed off
held up in touch, good headway to 3rd at 12th, chased leader gong well on inside before 3 out, led narrowly 2 out, held narrow advantage, stayed on well from last and held on close home
led, dived at 3 out, soon joined, narrowly headed 2 out, stayed challenging, upsides and every chance last, battled on flat, held close home
not fluent in rear, never on tems, tailed off when pulled up before 13th
chased leader, challenged from 11th until ridden and lost 2nd before 3 out, one pace and no chance with leading duo before next
chased leaders, blundered saddle slipped and unseated rider 15th
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The once-useful TURKO returned to action under Rules with an excellent run behind William Somers in a strong event at Leicester and his rider has a fine record at this meeting. The veteran I Hear Thunder made a successful start to his point-to-point career last month but this is tougher and Mister Apple's is likely to pose more of a threat. Ian Williams' charge won six times over fences in his heyday and showed he is no back number with a cracking effort behind Ice Tea, who runs earlier, at Doncaster. Honour's Dream is consistent but a little out of his depth and it could be Ultimate Limit, who goes well after a break and has won five chases, who gives the principals more to think about.
I Hear Thunder (IRE) 7-4 (12-0) Led 10; stayed on wl, won at Milborne St Andrew 3m ptp gs in Feb beating Topofdemornintou (12-0) by 4l, 7 ran.
Mister Apple's (FR) 6-1 (11-11) Tracked leaders, ridden before 4 out, chased winner before 2 out, every chance last, kept on and held towards finish, 2nd of 7, 1/2l behind Ice Tea (11-13) at Doncaster 3m 2f hts chs (6) gs in Feb.
Seymar Lad (IRE) 2-1 (12-7) (tt) trckd ldrs til wknd 3 out, 4th of 9, 32l behind Mount Sandel (12-0) at Detling 3m ptp sft in Feb.
Ultimate Limit 5-2fav (11-8) Held up towards rear on outside, reached mid-division 6th, 5th 4 out, soon beaten, 5th of 12, 18l behind The Shy Man (11-4) at Bangor 3m hcp chs 0-120 (3) sft in Mar '10.
Honour's Dream (FR) 20-1 (11-7) With leader, hard ridden approaching 5 out, mistake when challenging 3 out, rallied under pressure last, stayed on well, never reached winner, 2nd of 6, 1 1/4l behind Herons Well (11-13) at Fontwell 3m 2f hts chs (6) gs in Feb.
Turko (FR) 14-1 (11-10) Prominent, ridden 4 out, went 2nd when slightly hampered last, stayed on, not able to trouble winner, 2nd of 8, 1 1/2l behind William Somers (12-0) at Leicester 2m 7f hts chs (2) gd in Feb.
Macs Lad (IRE) 7-4fav (11-10) Behind after jumping slowly 2nd (water), jumped slowly several times after, in touch in rear on outside 7th, well beaten approaching 15th, tailed off, 7th of 8, well behind Feeling Peckish (9-7) at Ludlow 3m am hcp chs 0-100 (4) gd in Oct.
Beluga (IRE) 66-1 (11-3) Always behind, blundered 11th, lost touch and pulled up before 13th, in a race won by Blaze Ahead (11-7) at Huntingdon 3m hts chs (6) gf in May, 12 ran.
