held up towards rear, raced keenly, headway 6f out, switched left 3f out, bumped and squeezed through well over 1f out, soon led, quickened clear inside final furlong
led 1f, with leaders, led 5f out until 3f out, weakened over 2f out
held up towards rear on outside, headway 6f out, challenged from over 2f out until edged left well over 1f out, beaten final furlong
led after 1f, headed 5f out, weakened over 3f out
towards rear, struggling halfway, tailed off
in rear, reminders after 7f out, tailed off
mid-division, lost place 7f out, rallied over 5f out, weakened over 3f out
with leader, ridden 5f out, weakened 4f out
chased leaders, led 3f out, headed over 1f out, soon beaten
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 2f out
held up in rear, pushed along and headway over 5f out, ridden over 4f out, soon weakened
Theladnextdoor, a winner of his only point-to-point in Ireland, has to be of interest on his rules debut for Neil King but he has not been seen for 441 days so may be best watched with a safer option looking to be REAPING THE REWARD, who is preferred to Tollishill. Nicky Henderson's gelding was sent off the 5/4 favourite for his debut at Hereford last month but ultimately disappointed in finishing fifth of the 12 runners behind Black Jack Blues. It may be too soon to write him off and the yard's runners in this grade always warrant plenty of respect. Law Court made a pleasing debut at Huntingdon last month and he makes more appeal than the Paul Nicholls-trained Great Mates, who has been well held in both starts so far. The selection though goes to Alan Parker's Reaping The Reward, who lost no caste in defeat to Quite The Man at Kelso on his debut last month and a reproduction of that effort may well suffice.
Great Mates (IRE) 6-4fav (11-2) Pulled hard and held up, headway to chase leaders halfway, every chance over 2f out, ridden and found nil, 6th of 13, 24l behind Megabill (11-2) at Taunton 2m 1f mdn NH flat (5) gs in Nov.
Quousko de L'Isop (FR) 25-1 (10-13) Pulled hard and ran green early, in rear until brought down 9f out, in a race won by Giordano Bruno (11-4) at Hereford 2m 1f NH flat (6) gs in Feb, 15 ran.
Reaping The Reward (IRE) 8-1 (11-2) Held up, ridden over 2f out, kept on well final furlong, just held, 2nd of 10, nk behind Quite The Man (10-11) at Kelso 2m NH flat (5) gd in Apr.
Theladnextdoor (IRE) 2-1 (12-0) Ww rr, prog in 2nd aftr 5out, ld aftr 2out, ran green appr last & again aftr last, asserted flat Easily, won at Cloyne 3m ire ptp in Mar '08 beating Mistletoe Cottage (12-0) by 2 1/4l, 4 ran.
Thomas Hardy 50-1 (10-3) Chased leader to 8f out, went lame over 6f out and pulled up, in a race won by Aimigayle (10-0) at Plumpton 2m 2f mdn NH flat (6) gd in Mar '07, 7 ran.
Flyford Prince 40-1 (10-12) Tailed off soon after halfway, 11th of 13, well behind Benleigh (10-12) at Ludlow 2m NH flat (5) gd in Apr.
Law Court (IRE) 9-2 (10-5) Held up, headway on outside over 7f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out, 3rd of 9, 11l behind Topsham Belle (10-4) at Huntingdon 2m NH flat (6) gf in Apr.
The Cute Curate First Trump gelding out of The Nuns Secret.
Chaser's War (IRE) 100-1 (9-12) Close up, saddled slipped and rider lost irons after 3f, stayed prominent, out of control after, continued, 5th of 8, 13l behind Slate Gem (10-8) at Fontwell 1m 6f NH flat (6) gf.
Nobel Play 80-1 (10-7) Always in rear, 10th of 12, well behind Black Jack Blues (11-3) at Hereford 2m 1f NH flat (6) gd in Apr.
Polson Devil's Jump mare out of Davids Rosie.
Yellowshrubmarine 66-1 (10-9) In touch, lost place after 5f, well behind halfway, tailed off, 12th of 15, well behind Get Me Out Of Here (11-2) at Uttoxeter 2m NH flat (6) gs.
Tollishill (IRE) 5-4fav (10-12) Towards rear, headway halfway, weakened over 4f out, 5th of 12, 47l behind Black Jack Blues (11-3) at Hereford 2m 1f NH flat (6) gd in Apr.
Bodstone Ballad Commanche Run mare out of Our Lottie.
