chased leaders, not fluent 4th, outpaced after 12th, well beaten 4 out
chased leaders, led 4 out, headed after 2 out, good jump to lead last, held on
held up in last, headway on outside 11th, went 2nd 2 out, soon led, out-jumped and headed last, stayed on, just held
tracked leader, not fluent 1st, challenged 10th, led 12th, soon restrained and headed, led again briefly before 4 out, beaten from 2 out, no extra flat
made most until before 4 out, weakened 2 out
Lock's Corner has won four times over fences, twice at this level, but has run poorly the last twice. Whoshotthesheriff likes plenty of give in the ground and could find this a bit lively while Gaelik Coast lost a show when tackling Grade 3 company at Aintree in April. YCCS PORTOCERVO has been in good form on summer ground and with conditions in his favour will take some beating as though Road Warrior completed a hat-trick in the spring he's 8lb higher in this stronger grade.
Lock's Corner (IRE) 17-2 (12-0) In rear, not fluent 3rd, brief headway 7th, not fluent and dropped to rear next, jumped slow 10th, tailed off 12th, pulled up before 2 out, at Warwick 2m 4f hcp (3) gd in Sep.
Whoshotthesheriff (IRE) 14-1 (11-3) Chased leaders on inside, not fluent 7th, headway 10th, outpaced after 15th, soon weakened, 3rd of 4, dist behind Allmankind (11-5) at Ayr 2m 4f (1) gd in Apr.
Gaelik Coast (FR) 20-1 (10-13) Mid-division, not fluent 3 out, mistake 2 out, soon ridden and weakened, 10th of 18, 22l behind Editeur Du Gite (10-9) at Aintree 2m hcp (1) gs in Apr.
Yccs Portocervo (FR) 5-4jfav (11-0) Chased leaders, mistake 4 out, went 2nd 3 out, ridden approaching last, unable to challenge, 2nd of 3, 5 1/2l behind Oscar Rose (11-9) at Perth 2m 4f hcp (2) gd in Sep.
Road Warrior 10-3jfav (11-10) Led, joined at the front after the 8th, mistake 3 out, soon pushed along and drew clear with eventual 2nd approaching 2 out, disputed lead 2 out, edged ahead on the run to the last, 4-lengths clear at the last and kept on well, won at Sedgefield 2m 3f hcp (4) gd in Apr beating Getariver (11-12) by 11l, 8 ran.