held up in rear, not fluent 2nd, headway before 5th, went 2nd after 6th until after next, well beaten from normal 3 out, went 3rd before omitted last, tailed off
chased leaders, went modest 3rd after 9th until before omitted last, no impression, tailed off
mostly chased winner who was clear from the 3rd throughout, not fluent 6th, stayed on same pace from 9th, no impression
chased leaders, last before 5th, soon behind, pulled up before 8th
made all, clear from 3rd, unchallenged
SPORTING PRESS’ career has taken off since he switched to fences. He has been raised a further 5lb since scoring at Kelso but should complete the hat-trick if in the same mood. Civil Unrest keeps churning out performances at this level, despite advancing years, but was beaten by Middlebrow at Kelso in the autumn. Fair Loch has been showing signs of a revival so can’t be dismissed out of hand.
Sporting Press (IRE) 11-4fav (11-5) won at Kelso 2m 1f hcp (4) gs in Apr beating Welcome Ben (10-12) by 3 1/4l, 7 ran.
Middlebrow (IRE) 5-2 (11-9) last of 5, dist behind Midnight Chill (11-8) at Catterick 2m hcp (4) sft in Dec.
Civil Unrest (IRE) 12-1 (11-2) 2nd of 5, 6l behind Monsieur Co (11-12) at Musselburgh 2m hcp (3) gd in Feb.
Atlantic Breaker (IRE) 100-1 (11-7) at Market Rasen 2m 5f hcp (4) gd in Mar.
Fair Loch 9-2 (11-12) 3rd of 5, 7 3/4l behind Las Tunas (11-11) at Wetherby 1m 7f hcp (4) gd in Apr.
