towards rear, last and pushed along with a circuit to go, some headway on outside over 6f out, weakened over 4f out, tailed off
held up, closed over 6f out, chased leader over 4f out, hung left 3f out, switched left inside 2f out, not much room over 1f out, led towards finish, headed close home
mid-division, keen early, headway 4f out, weakened over 2f out
towards rear, green and lost touch form 10f out, well behind 6f out, tailed off
tracked leader, led over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, headed towards finish, no extra
held up in touch, green and outpaced 4f out, rallied from over 1f out, stayed on, led close home
held up in rear, pulled hard early, weakened over 4f out, tailed off
led, headed over 4f out, weakened from 3f out
tracked leaders, pushed along over 5f out, outpaced and no impression on leaders final 3f, kept on
HILLCREST’s narrow defeat at Doncaster in January looks decent form and he wouldn’t need to improve much to go pone better here. Armand De Brignac was an eye-catcher at Sandown in November and Harper's Brook is an interesting debutant under Rules having already scored between the flags – he’s a half-brother to the useful Wetlands. Aviewtosea has already won at Carlisle but disappointed next time at Ayr, albeit in better company, and is penalised.
Aviewtosea (IRE) 4-1 (11-11) Prominent, ridden and weakened 3f out, 6th of 8, 37 1/4l behind Fortescue Wood (11-4) at Ayr 2m (3) hvy in Jan.
Armand De Brignac (IRE) 14-1 (10-12) Towards rear of mid-division, pushed along and outpaced 3f out, stayed on strongly closing stages, 5th of 9, 10l behind No Ordinary Joe (10-12) at Sandown 2m (4) sft in Nov.
Champ Is Real (11-6) Mid-div, 5th 1/2way, rdn 4out bhnd ldrs, went 4th appr str, left in 3rd 2out, went 2nd last, nt mtch wnr, 2nd of 10, 5l behind Ottoman Style (11-6) at Borris House 3m mdn Yielding in Nov.
Friends Don't Tell Mount Nelson gelding out of The Blue Dog.
Harper's Brook (IRE) 5-1 (12-0) Made all; drew clr app 2 out; comf, won at Chaddesley Corbett 2m 4f mdn sft in Dec beating One Fer Mamma (12-0) by 12l, 7 ran.
Hillcrest (IRE) 5-1 (11-5) Raced out wide in mid-division, smooth headway tracking leaders 6f out, led over 2f out, headed entering final furlong, rallied, just held, 2nd of 12, shd behind Wiseguy (11-5) at Doncaster 2m 1f (5) gs in Jan.
Howyouplaythegame (FR) 20-1 (11-4) Chased winner after about 1f, lost 2nd over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, eased, 4th of 9, 35 1/2l behind Mot A Mot (11-4) at Chepstow 2m mdn (5) sft in Feb.
Mister Freddie Black Sam Bellamy gelding out of Amaretto Rose.
Phil De Pail (FR) 22-1 (10-7) Held up in last pair, plugged on final 2f, never on terms, 6th of 10, 16l behind Skytastic (11-9) at Doncaster 2m 1f (5) gs in Feb.
