tracked leader, led before 6 out, headed 4 out, soon pushed along and weakened
in rear, headway before 4 out challenged before 3 out, one pace and no impression on winner
tracked leaders in 3rd, led 4 out, headed before 3 out, weakened after last
led, headed before 6 out, outpaced from 4 out and soon struggling, rallied from 2 out, plugged on to take 3rd place run-in
towards rear and in touch, led before 3 out, clear from 2 out, eased towards finish, readily
tracked leaders, quickly weakened after 4 out, pulled up
A pretty dire affair and probably a good opportunity for Celestial Dancer, placed up to 1m6f on the Flat on several occasions, to make a winning debut over timber. But we’ll stick with the experience of SHENEEDEDTHERUN, whose fourth at Southwell is looking better now than it did at the time. Strands Of Velvet hasn’t shown much in bumpers but may do better now going jumping.
Beyondtheflame 100-1 (10-0) Chased leaders, not fluent 1st, weakened 4 out, 6th of 9, 34l behind Park House (11-1) at Newcastle 3m hcp (5) gd in Apr.
Celestial Dancer (FR) 22-1 (9-3) Close up, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, 6th of 11, 13 1/2l behind Bottleofsmoke (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (7) pol in Mar.
Come On Lulu 200-1 (11-2) Chased leader, not fluent 2nd, lost 2nd next, weakened from 3 out, 6th of 8, 32 1/2l behind Hint Of Grey (10-9) at Sedgefield 2m 1f (4) gd in Mar.
Coolanure (IRE) 200-1 (10-7) Prominent, lost place 5 out, soon behind, tailed off, 7th of 8, dist behind Mr Snoozy (11-10) at Wetherby 2m 4f (5) gd in Apr.
Sheneededtherun (IRE) 14-1 (10-12) Towards rear, outpaced after 3 out, stayed on from 2 out, 4th before last, never nearer, 4th of 10, 9l behind Brillare Momento (10-12) at Southwell 2m 4f (4) gd in Mar.
Strands Of Velvet (IRE) 20-1 (11-4) In touch, chased leaders over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 22l behind Shearling (11-6) at Catterick 2m (6) sft in Mar.
