raced keenly, chased leaders, went 2nd 4th until 8th, weakened 2 out
held up in 4th, raced keenly, jumped right 3rd, mistake 5th, closed 6th, went 2nd 8th until last, no extra flat
chased winner, mistake 1st, lost 2nd 4th, not fluent and lost place 6th, closed 8th, not fluent 4 out, went 2nd last, no impression on winner flat
held up in last, headway 8th, disputing 2nd 2 out, no extra flat
made all, ridden and asserting flat, stayed on well
Heritier won at Market Rasen before beaten by Bempton Cliffs back at the same track. The latter is 10lb higher today and it could be the turn of HERONORD. Evan Williams’ charge came out second best in a fight to the line at Ffos Las recently and can go close again on his preferred good ground Ragamuffin and Karlie make their chasing debuts having both won over hurdles and the latter also goes handicapping for the first time.
Karlie 6-4fav (11-4) Keen close up in 4th, headway to track leaders 3 out, pushed along and found little next, kept on same pace, 3rd of 5, 12 1/4l behind Nextdoortoalice (10-12) at Doncaster 2m 3f (3) gs in Nov.
Heritier (FR) 4-7fav (12-2) Tracked leaders, went 2nd 3rd until ridden 3 out, weakening when blundered last, 3rd of 7, 23l behind Bempton Cliffs (10-13) at Market Rasen 2m 1f hcp (5) gs in Mar.
Ragamuffin (IRE) 12-1 (12-1) Chased leaders, raced keenly, ridden in 5th 2 out, went 3rd and kept on flat, no impression on winner, 3rd of 11, 7 3/4l behind Mind Hunter (10-0) at Newton Abbot 2m 1f hcp (5) gd in Apr.
Heronord (FR) 8-1 (12-3) Raced keenly in rear, headway on outside after 9th, pressed leaders 4 out, led 2 out, ridden and headed approaching last, led again briefly after final fence, soon headed and no extra towards finish, 2nd of 6, 3/4l behind Dunbar (11-5) at Ffos Las 2m hcp (5) gd in Apr.
Bempton Cliffs (IRE) 4-1 (10-13) Jumped well made all, ridden 2 out, ran on, won at Market Rasen 2m 1f hcp (5) gs in Mar beating Massini Man (11-12) by 7l, 7 ran.
