made all, clear before 3 out, kept on
towards rear, reminder 7th, soon outpaced, plugged on from 3 out, never dangerous
tracked winner, jumped slow early, pushed along before 3 out, one pace and not fluent last
tracked leaders early, towards rear and reminder 7th, never dangerous, pulled up
in touch ridden 4 out, soon weakened, pulled up
in rear, headway 5 out, went poor 4th 3 out, soon pushed along and no impression
held up mid-division, soon tracked leaders in 3rd, kept on same from 3 out
NonRunner
Both of Oscar O'scar's victories have been achieved in lesser races and he's still climbing the weights. Swing Hard has won twice over 2m4f at Carlisle recently but has scored over this longer trip and is still on a decent mark. Streets Of Promise won at Towcester and Newcastle before falling at Warwick but Beforeall needs to recapture his best form to figure and neither Barafundle nor Glenquest are getting any younger. RUSSBOROUGH tries this trip for the first time so his stamina has to be taken on trust but he has been staying on over 2m4f so gets a tentative vote.
Streets Of Promise (IRE) 3-1fav (11-11) Led, went right 11th, headed approaching 16th, chased leader, 3 lengths down when fell 3 out, at Warwick 3m 5f hcp (3) sft in Mar.
Beforeall (IRE) 11-1 (11-12) Tracked leaders, reminders before 14th, weakened from 5 out, 6th of 10, dist behind Horatio Hornblower (11-6) at Ffos Las 3m hcp (3) gs in Mar.
Barafundle (IRE) 16-1 (11-1) Led, headed 7th, tracked leader, ridden 12th, weakened 2 out, 4th of 11, 28 1/2l behind Firth Of The Clyde (11-12) at Carlisle 3m hcp (2) gs in Mar.
Russborough (FR) 14-1 (11-12) Tended to jump left, chased leaders, went left 6th, outpaced 3 out, rallied next, jumped left last, went modest 3rd run-in, 3rd of 8, 5 3/4l behind Mezendore (11-4) at Bangor 2m 4f hcp (3) sft in Mar.
Top Of The Range (IRE) 7-1 (11-9) Held up in rear, headway to chase leaders 7th, lost place 9th, rallied 4 out, weakened next, 5th of 11, 14 1/4l behind Lost Legend (11-2) at Kempton 2m 4f hcp (2) gs in Mar.
Oscar O'scar (IRE) 2-1fav (11-6) Held up towards rear and in touch, headway before 4 out, led before last, ridden run-in, kept on, won at Kelso 2m 7f hcp (4) gs in Mar beating Present Flight (11-11) by 3/4l, 5 ran.
Swing Hard (IRE) 13-2 (11-2) Disputed lead, led 9th, headed before 4 out, no chance with winner before next, lost modest 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 7, 12l behind Full Jack (11-2) at Carlisle 2m 4f hcp (3) gd in Mar.
Glenquest (IRE) 14-1 (10-11) Soon mid-division, dropped to rear halfway, mistake 5 out, soon ridden and no impression, 8th of 11, dist behind Federici (11-0) at Downpatrick 3m 4f hcp gd in Mar.
