held up in last pair, never on terms, tailed off
soon held up towards rear, headway chasing leaders before 9th, pushed along after 12th, soon ridden, stayed on same pace in 4th from 3 out
led until 3rd, chased leader until before 8th, close 3rd, 2nd again before 4 out, led again 4 out, headed last, no extra run-in
chased leader, led 3rd, pushed along and headed before 4 out, 4th and losing place when blundered badly 4 out, weakened, not recover
chased leaders, pushed along after 12th, weakened before next, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
mid-division on inside, good headway chasing leaders before 11th, went 2nd after 4 out, led last, driven clear
towards rear, some headway chasing leaders 11th, weakened before next, soon lost touch, tailed off and pulled up before 4 out
chased leaders, went 2nd before 8th, led before 4 out until hit 4 out, soon lost 2nd, chased leaders, stayed on same pace in 3rd from 3 out
soon in rear, very awkward 12th, tailed off
Sue Smith has won this twice in the last five years and The Paddy Pie, who made all for a very easy victory at Newcastle in March, will have come on for a run over hurdles here last month. Richard Newland has two entries with Brian Hughes on ROSE SEA HAS, who was in the process of running a cracking race on his comeback at Market Rasen when departing at the second last. Stable companion Beau Bay landed a course and distance handicap on Boxing Day and is only 1lb higher while Louis' Vac Pouch fell in a Listed contest here last month. Fanzio loves plenty of give in the ground and battled on gamely to score at this level at Stratford but Johnbb ran poorly on soft going at Sandown in January after looking a bright prospect when scoring there on quicker ground.
Louis' Vac Pouch (IRE) 7-1 (10-12) Held up in mid-division, fell 6th, at Wetherby 2m 3f hcp lst (1) gs in Oct.
Guitar Pete (IRE) 50-1 (10-9) Never going that well, always towards rear, 17th of 24, 30 3/4l behind Sire Du Berlais (11-12) at Cheltenham 3m hcp (1) sft in Mar.
Schiehallion Munro 10-1 (11-12) Led at decent pace, headed after 7th, lost place approaching 4 out, keeping on under hands and heels flat when badly hampered and carried right by loose horse final 50yds, 6th of 14, 18 1/2l behind Cool Mix (10-12) at Wetherby 2m 3f hcp (3) gs in Oct.
Beau Bay (FR) 20-1 (10-11) Towards rear, not fluent 3rd, headway 7th, outpaced 11th, plugged on from 2 out, mistake and left 3rd last, no chance with winner, 3rd of 9, 23l behind Springtown Lake (10-12) at Warwick 2m 4f hcp (2) hvy in Feb.
Fanzio (FR) 7-1 (11-4) Tracked leader, led 9th, mistake and headed 4 out, led again before omitted last, stayed on, ridden out, won at Stratford 2m 3f hcp (3) gs in Oct beating Town Parks (11-4) by 1 1/4l, 11 ran.
Johnbb (IRE) 11-10fav (11-6) Tracked leaders early until jumped slowly and lost place 4th, hit next, never on terms after, blundered 9th, weakened after 4 out, tailed off, last of 6, dist behind Locker Room Talk (11-10) at Sandown 2m hcp (2) sft in Jan.
Rose Sea Has (FR) 28-1 (10-11) Held up last, stumbled at 5th, headway to track leaders when fell 2 out, at Market Rasen 2m 5f hcp (2) gd in Oct.
The Paddy Pie (IRE) 50-1 (11-3) Prominent, ridden and weakened quickly before 3 out, 16th of 18, dist behind Arrivederci (11-10) at Wetherby 2m 4f hcp (3) sft in Oct.
Bollin Ace 10-1 (11-11) Held up in touch, not fluent 8th, fell 9th, at Wetherby 2m 3f hcp (3) sft in Oct.
