held up in last, not fluent 1st or 8th, closed after 2 out, unable to get on terms, 5th and no extra last
held up in 5th, headway 8th, went 2nd before last, soon ridden and upsides winner, edged left and slight bump flat, held towards finish
tracked winner, lost 2nd before 3 out, ridden next, 4th and no extra last
made all, wandered into 2nd, not fluent 7th, ridden and ran green before last, soon joined, slight bump flat, stayed on well, in command towards finish
took keen hold, tracked leaders, not fluent 7th, went 2nd before 3 out until approaching last, no extra flat
tracked leaders on outside, took keen hold, went left 1st, wandered into next, mistake 7th, lost place when not fluent 8th, soon well behind, hanging right on last bend, pulled up before last
Spider's Bite won a bumper at Ludlow in April but the second did nothing for the form next time. GOOD MAN PAT came to win his race at Exeter last month but just ran out of steam in the closing stages. He'll strip fitter here and won over 3m between the flags so a step up in distance is unlikely to be a problem. Shanroe In Milan has a rating of 120 and has been placed in four of his six hurdle starts so sets the standard, though ran poorly in his final two runs last season. King Calvin won two point-to-points in March and is nicely bred so worth a market check.
Balibour (FR) 50-1 (10-12) Always behind, tailed off before 4 out, 6th of 12, 27l behind Ballymountain Boy (11-4) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f (4) gs in Sep.
Good Man Pat (IRE) 11-10fav (10-12) Held up towards rear, headway on wide outside chasing leaders before 3 out, ridden into narrow lead 2 out, headed last, edged left run-in, one pace in 3rd, 3rd of 10, 3/4l behind Master Work (10-12) at Exeter 2m 3f (4) gd in Oct.
King Calvin (IRE) 1-2fav (11-10) (tt) led to 5 & 9-11; led 3 out; wandered app last; just held on, won at Ston Easton 2m 4f gs in Mar beating Palmaria (11-7) by shd, 8 ran.
Linenhall (IRE) 7-4fav (11-2) Led, ridden and headed over 3f out, soon weakened, 5th of 6, 35 1/2l behind Portrush Ted (11-2) at Uttoxeter 2m (4) sft in Mar.
Shanroe In Milan (IRE) 11-10fav (11-2) Tracked leader, led before 3rd, not fluent 5 out, headed 2 out, one pace, 2nd of 6, 20l behind Work Du Breteau (11-2) at Bangor 2m 7f mdn (5) gd in Apr.
Brockton Gandt 66-1 (11-4) Always towards rear, tailed off, 8th of 11, dist behind Rosemary Russet (11-4) at Southwell 2m (6) sft in Mar.
Spider's Bite (IRE) 3-1 (11-2) Tracked leader, led 3f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on well, won at Ludlow 2m (4) gd in Apr beating Atomic Rumble (10-11) by 6l, 4 ran.
