held up in rear, headway approaching 7th, went 3rd after 3 out, no impression before 2 out, stayed on same pace
with leader, led 2nd until after next, ridden before 7th, weakened approaching 2 out
held up in rear, headway after 3 out, no impression
held up towards rear, headway on outside after 6th, lost place after 7th and pulled up before 3 out
held up, mistake 3rd, last 6th, some headway after 3 out, no impression
led until 2nd, led after next, blundered 3 out, ridden clear flat
tracked leaders on outside, challenged 6th until ridden before next, struggling 3 out, tailed off
held up towards rear, headway 5th, weakened next, pulled up after 3 out
in touch, chased winner after 7th, no impression flat
tracked leaders, lost place after 5th, struggling before 3 out
prominent, outpaced after 3 out, hit 2 out, no impression
Adjami is a previous course and distance winner but that was three years ago and he has shown little lately to justify support, whilst Intense Suspense won off this sort of mark last year and Ruby Valentine has been rated much higher in recent seasons. Scotsbrook Cloud is still a maiden from thirteen starts and the minor places are more realistic than the major honours. LOUIS LUDWIG won a similar contest at Worcester last time out and is the only one coming here in any sort of form. He is easily the pick in this finale having won by eleven lengths last time with none of the others in the field standing out as challengers.
Mystic Touch 5-1 (10-12) Held up in rear, not fluent 4th, ridden before 6th, effort 3 out, soon weakened, mistake 2 out, 6th of 8, 46l behind Douchkette (10-3) at Stratford 2m sell hdl (5) gf in Jul.
Scotsbrook Cloud 18-1 (11-5) Led, blundered 3rd and headed, led again after 4 out, headed after next, soon ridden and one pace, 4th of 12, 11l behind Risk Challenge (11-7) at Ffos Las 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-90 (5) gf.
Bond Cruz 33-1 (10-1) Headway 2nd, lost place after next, struggling 5th, mistake 3 out, 7th of 10, 33l behind Lodgician (10-12) at Stratford 2m hcp hdl 0-100 (4) gf.
Standing Order 50-1 (10-12) Held up towards rear, brief effort when hit 4 out, struggling next, tailed off, 6th of 8, 35l behind Totoman (10-12) at Bangor 2m 1f nh nov hdl (4) sft in Jul.
Zizou (IRE) 16-1 (11-5) Mid-division, ridden after 4 out, soon lost place, behind when blundered 2 out and last, 12th of 14, 43l behind Robbmaa (9-13) at Worcester 2m sell hcp hdl 0-85 (5) gd.
Strumble Head (IRE) 5-1 (10-9) Tracked leader and keen, reminders after 6th, blundered next, faultered on bend approaching 8th, quickly pulled up, in a race won by Albert Park (9-11) at Bangor 3m cnd hcp hdl 0-95 (5) gd in Jul, 10 ran.
Adjami (IRE) 20-1 (10-12) Held up, stumbled soon after 1st, headway 6th, mistake 3 out, soon weakened, 5th of 7, 45l behind Holoko Heights (11-8) at Southwell 2m sell hdl (5) gd in Jul.
Silver Sonnet 66-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders, jumped left 4th, weakened after next, tailed off, 8th of 10, well behind Frosted Grape (10-10) at Worcester 2m mdn hdl (5) gd in Jul.
Ruby Valentine (FR) 12-1 (10-13) Chased leaders, ridden in 4th when weakened 3 out, 5th of 13, 48l behind Optimum (11-9) at Bangor 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-85 (5) sft in Jul.
Intense Suspense (IRE) 12-1 (9-11) Took keen hold, raced wide and made most until 9th, led next, headed 11th, weakening when hit 4 out, pulled up soon after, in a race won by Sir Bumble (11-3) at Stratford 2m 5f nov hcp chs 0-95 (5) gf, 9 ran.
Young Tot (IRE) 33-1 (10-6) Towards rear, ridden after 4 out, stayed on under pressure from next, never nearer, 5th of 14, 15l behind Robbmaa (9-13) at Worcester 2m sell hcp hdl 0-85 (5) gd.
Louis Ludwig (IRE) 9-1 (11-2) Held up in rear, headway after 5th, led on bit 3 out, clear approaching last, very easily, won at Worcester 2m hcp hdl 0-90 (5) gd beating London Times (10-13) by 11l, 12 ran.
