held up towards rear, headway on outside after 6f, close up 5f out, pressed winner over 3f out, every chance over 2f out, not quicken over 1f out, well held in 3rd inside final furlong
held up behind, headway under pressure over 3f out, ridden to chase leaders over 1f out, went 2nd and kept on inside final furlong, not pace to reach winner
prominent, outpaced 4f out, no impression after, weakened final 2f
in touch on inside, outpaced 3f out, never on terms with leaders
tracked leaders, lost place when ridden over 4f out, soon behind, no danger after
in touch on outside, driven and lost place 5f out, soon behind, no danger after
in touch, driven to chase leaders over 3f out, kept on same pace final 2f, never able to challenge
made all, shaken up when pressed over 2f out, drew clear over 1f out, ridden out inside final furlong, held on well
mid-division, headway to join leaders halfway, driven and outpaced by front pair 3f out, weakened over 1f out
held up, always behind, lost touch 7f out, tailed off
held up towards rear, struggling 6f out, stayed on into mid-division final 2f, never going pace to threaten leaders
held in rear, struggling over 7f out, soon lost touch, tailed off
Three of these have winning form between the flags. Of those, impressive Dromahane winner Bourbon Borderline is preferred to Thegallantway and Avoid De Master. Welsh Saint is well related and improved on his Bangor debut when second at Doncaster but doesn’t appear to have a lot of scope. MAITREE EXPRESS is a half-brother to winning hurdler/chasers Jameson and All The Answers. Richard Johnson takes the ride for a stable that can get one ready at home and he will probably have more natural speed than the majority of these. Fellow newcomer Hostile is also worth a market check while The Swagman was an eye-catcher at Newbury and will know more today.
Bourbon Borderline (IRE) 4-1 (11-11) Ld/disp until 4th frm 5th, disp when lft with 4l adv 3out, mstk 2out, 6l adv gng best bef last, impressive, won at Dromahane 3m mdn in Dec beating Oscarsman (11-11) by 10l, 10 ran.
Hostile Malinas gelding out of Skew.
Maitree Express Malinas gelding out of Shatabdi.
Numitor Schiaparelli gelding out of Just Popsy.
Samtara Kayf Tara gelding out of Aunt Harriet.
Thegallantway (IRE) 6-5fav (11-4) Held up in touch on outside, pushed along briefly 5f out, headway to press winner 4f out, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, kept on, 3rd of 6, 2 3/4l behind Onthefrontfoot (11-4) at Sedgefield 2m 1f (5) gs in Mar.
The Swagman (USA) 25-1 (11-2) Held up towards rear, headway on inside over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, went 2nd inside final furlong until well inside final furlong, kept on same pace, lost 3rd post, 4th of 13, 7 1/4l behind Mcfabulous (11-9) at Newbury 2m (5) gs in Mar.
Welsh Saint (FR) 3-1 (11-2) Held up mid-division, headway before 3f out, every chance before 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 2nd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Now Look At Me (11-9) at Doncaster 2m 1f (5) gd in Feb.
Fenrir Binding Norse Dancer gelding out of Bethany Lewis.
Galtee Mountain (IRE) 50-1 (10-7) Towards rear, struggling final 7f, 9th of 10, dist behind Get In The Queue (11-9) at Exeter 2m 1f (5) gs in Feb.
Kandula 40-1 (11-0) Held up mid-division, weakened over 2f out, 10th of 12, 29 1/4l behind Miss Honey Ryder (11-7) at Taunton 2m (5) gs in Mar.
Mello Yello 28-1 (10-12) Held up towards rear, ridden and struggling over 4f out, 10th of 12, dist behind Emmas Joy (10-12) at Southwell 2m (5) gd in Nov.
Avoid De Master (IRE) 2-1 (12-2) Chsd ldrs, 3rd 1/2way, 2nd 4out, ld 3out, wo 2out, 3l adv last & sow to line, won at Mainstown 3m mdn gd in Jan beating Solo Cargo (12-2) by 3l, 16 ran.
