made all, ridden off home turn, stayed on strongly, unchallenged
chased leaders, lost place before 3 out and dropped to rear, ridden and still plenty to do well before last, ran on well run-in, nearest finish
held up in last, effort and headway after 3 out, ridden and went fifth home turn, kept on after last, never nearer
towards rear, not fluent 6th, ridden after 2 out, soon no chance and kept on one pace in rear
handy, not fluent and lost ground 2 out, soon ridden and gradually faded home straight
towards rear, effort and headway 2 out to chase front pack, pushed along briefly home turn, held on to before jumping last, pushed out and kept on run-in, not given hard time
mid-division, went fourth home turn, ridden and chased winner before last, kept on, no impression
prominent, ridden and outpaced home turn, kept on towards finish
raced keenly early in mid-division, headway to track leaders 2 out, ridden before last, not fluent final flight, faded run-in
Bartholomew J races off a lower mark than for his only hurdles win so far and wasn’t disgraced at Uttoxeter a couple of months ago. Seaborough has been busy but is holding his form well but NORLEY won’t get many better chances to open his account as the recent Exeter runner-up will be 3lb higher from next week. Colours Of My Life doesn’t appear to be one of his yard’s stable stars having pulled up over fences earlier this month.
Norley (IRE) 6-1 (11-11) Tracked leaders, close up final bend, no impression on winner from 2 out, kept on, 2nd of 13, 3l behind Soul Icon (10-3) at Exeter 2m 3f hcp (5) gd in Oct.
Bartholomew J (IRE) 40-1 (11-2) Chased leaders, jumped left 1st, held from 3 out, plugged on, 5th of 11, 6 1/4l behind Generation Gap (11-12) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f hcp (4) gd in Sep.
Seaborough (IRE) 17-2 (10-8) Raced in last, ridden and headway to chase front group before 2 out, hit 2 out, stayed on one pace, 5th of 11, 8 3/4l behind Getalead (11-5) at Wincanton 2m 5f hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Lexi's Choice (IRE) 8-1 (11-3) Midfield, pushed after 4 out, ridden after 3 out, made no impression, 7th of 14, 33 1/4l behind Candy Lou (11-0) at Huntingdon 2m 5f hcp (5) sft in Mar.
Colours Of My Life (IRE) 15-2 (10-11) Held up in rear, slow 5th, jumped right next, closed 12th, ridden after 14th, weakened 4 out, mistake 3 out, pulled up before 2 out, at Uttoxeter 3m hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Dr Oakley (IRE) 11-10fav (11-5) Mid-division, headway chasing leaders before 2 out 4th and beaten when fell last, at Wincanton 2m 4f hcp (5) sft in Mar.
Rebel Royal (IRE) 33-1 (11-5) Tracked leaders, ridden after 2 out, held last, kept on, went 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 12, 6 1/4l behind Kilchreest Moon (10-11) at Stratford 2m 3f hcp (5) gd in Oct.
Lucky Icon (IRE) 6-1 (11-1) Raced keenly chasing leaders, went 2nd 3 out, led on long run before last, ridden and headed approaching last, weakened run-in, 7th of 12, 22 3/4l behind Red Ochre (10-0) at Kelso 2m 5f hcp (5) gd in Oct.
High Grounds (IRE) 12-1 (11-3) Towards rear, ridden after 4 out, plugged on past beaten horses from 2 out, never a factor, 10th of 16, 36l behind Espressino (11-2) at Exeter 2m 3f hcp (5) sft in Dec.
Kalaya (IRE) 125-1 (10-8) Tracked winner, pushed along 3 out, ridden 2 out, soon weakened, 7th of 8, 34 1/4l behind Falberto (11-7) at Stratford 2m 3f (5) gd in Mar.
