held up, headway over 7f out, soon chasing leaders, effort and hung left 2f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders early, lost place after 3f, struggling and detached over 4f out, headway from well over 1f out, stayed on, nearest finish
led until over 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
in touch, ridden to challenge over 2f out, soon one pace
tracked leaders, shaken up over 5f out, soon lost place
held up, headway over 7f out, soon chasing leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon beaten
always prominent, led over 3f out, headed over 1f out, kept on
held up, keen early, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, led approaching final furlong, ridden and stayed on well
Bulberry Hill is preferred to Red River Rebel and Dan's Heir. Bulberry Hill dotted up in banded stakes grade and while the drop in trip is a bit of a worry, this race does not look to be much better than that affair. Red River Rebel has won since that meeting and it would be no surprise to see him run well. Paul Mulrennan maintains the partnership. Dan's Heir has been hurdling without too much success although Pat Haslam's stable have sent out a couple of winners of late so any market interest is noted. Isa'Af is something of a professional loser whilst Mossman Gorge has often been supported at longer odds but has failed to deliver when it mattered. Bulberry Hill could still be open to a little more improvement and a chance is taken in an uninspiring event.
Bentley Brook (IRE) 6-1 (9-6) Edged left start, held up, headway and not clear run over 1f out, hung left and one pace final furlong, 4th of 11, 4l behind Missie Baileys (9-2) at W'hampton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Nov.
Dan's Heir 16-1 (8-6) Always in rear, 7th of 9, 12l behind Hilltop Destiny (8-9) at W'hampton 1m 4f hcap (5) pol in Dec.
Red River Rebel 5-6fav (9-10) Made all, clear over 2f out, very easily, won at Southwell 1m 6f banded stk (7) fbs in Dec beating Good Investment (9-5) by 10l, 7 ran.
Bulberry Hill 5-1 (9-8) In touch, improved over 5f out, led on bit well over 3f out, stayed on, won at Southwell 2m banded stk (7) fbs in Dec beating Red River Rebel (9-7) by 3/4l, 10 ran.
Isa'af (IRE) 12-1 (8-9) Tracked leader, led over 7f, headed over 4f, weakened 2f out, 3rd of 5, 14l behind Flame Creek (10-1) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Dec.
Mossmann Gorge 8-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 10, 7l behind Ionian Spring (9-4) at Southwell 1m 3f clm (6) fbs in Dec.
Nayodabayo (IRE) 6-1 (8-8) Chased leaders, 7th over 4f out, ridden and no impression from over 2f out, 8th of 13, 15l behind South West Nine (8-7) at Curragh 2m hcp gd in Jul '04.
Tioga Gold (IRE) 200-1 (8-7) In rear, in touch 6f out, quickly weakened 4f out, tailed off, last of 11, well behind Thewhirlingdervish (8-13) at Pontefract 2m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) gs in Oct.
