held up in 4th, mistake 6th, pushed along briefly after 7th, pushed along and effort 3 out, went 2nd 2 out, no impression on winner flat
led, not fluent 1st, headed after next, prominent, not fluent 8th, lost place before 3 out, soon weakened
chased leaders, disputing 2nd before 5th, not fluent 4 out, 3rd and no impression on winner from last
led after 2nd, ridden before last, stayed on well flat
held up in last, headway on outside when not fluent 3 out, jumped right and not fluent 2 out, went right last, hanging right and no impression after
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WBEE has to defy topweight in order to make it seven wins from his last eight starts, not to mention a rise of 34lb in the weights since the first of those seven wins in April last year. He was gallant in landing a competitive Cartmel Class 2 affair latest and now actually drops a grade to Class 3. His winning run is going to come to a close sooner or later but he's hard to desert at present. Geordie Des Champs has a course and distance win on his CV and ran well here last time too. It will be interesting to see if Brian Hughes hangs on to him a little longer this time around as he looked to empty a little when seemingly travelling so well that day. Mulberry Hill is the tricky one as she's progressed steadily over five starts but now attempts a major hike in trip. She'll be dangerous off 10st-7lb if stamina holds out.
Wbee (IRE) 7-1 (11-7) Towards rear mid-division, effort and headway before 3 out, not fluent 2 out and pushed along, led last, ridden run-in, stayed on gamely, all out, won at Cartmel 3m 1f hcp (2) gd in May beating An Tailliur (11-10) by 1/2l, 13 ran.
Some Day Soon (IRE) 18-1 (12-0) Chased leaders, slow and lost place 2nd, jumped right 3rd, not fluent 7th, struggling 4 out, well beaten 3 out, mistake 2 out, 6th of 7, 28 1/2l behind Steal A March (11-0) at Worcester 2m 7f hcp (3) gd in Jun.
Geordie Des Champs (IRE) 18-1 (10-7) Chased leader, led 3 out, headed before last, 3rd and held flat, 3rd of 8, 3 3/4l behind Hillview (10-2) at Uttoxeter 2m 7f hcp (2) gd in Jun.
Butler's Brief (IRE) 6-4fav (12-0) Mostly jumped right, tracked leader, led 2nd, hit 6th, went badly right 11th, went right again and headed 13th, chased leader, looked tired when fell 4 out, at Uttoxeter 3m hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Mulberry Hill (IRE) 5-2fav (11-7) Held up in last, headway after 6th, challenging when left in lead last (normal 2 out), headed flat, held towards finish, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Catchmeifyoucan (11-5) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f hcp (4) gd in Jul.
Calum Gilhooley (IRE) 3-1jfav (11-0) Pressed leader, ridden after 3 out, upsides last, stayed on strongly to lead flat, held on close home, won at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 7f hcp (3) gd in Aug beating Catchmeifyoucan (11-2) by 1/2l, 7 ran.
