close up, shaken up 4f out, ridden along 3f out, weakened gradually from 2f out
held up off the pace in rear, ridden along and reminders halfway, soon lost ground and became detached, tailed off from 5f out
in rear of mid-division, shaken up and steady headway from over 4f out, ridden along 3f out, went second over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, always held
mid-division, ridden along over 3f out, made no telling impression
in rear, soon detached and early reminders, always behind
in touch out wide, driven along and made no impression from 3f out, weakened
held up in rear of mid-division, weakened quickly from 4f out
raced in mid-division, driven along 5f out, soon beaten
prominent, led going easily over 2f out, pushed along over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, kept on well, always doing enough
chased leaders, shaken up 4f out, ridden 3f out, soon no extra and faded
led, pushed along 3f out, headed over 2f out, faded inside final furlong
never better than mid-division
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, kept on from 2f out, never near to challenge
Dan Skelton won this with a newcomer last year and the Coolmore-owned HOME FREE has a winning hurdler in his pedigree. Tarras Wood is related to a bumper winner and is another to note while Waspy is a point-to-point winner debuting under Rules. Samwise wasn’t beaten far at Catterick on his debut but Sleeping Tom was beaten a distance when third at Sedgefield.
Big Ambitions (IRE) 15-2 (11-2) Towards rear, headway to be prominent halfway, pushed along 5f out, ridden and weakened 3f out, 8th of 13, 28l behind Marvellous Mick (11-2) at Chepstow 2m (5) gs in Dec.
Carlo Storm (IRE) 4-1 (12-0) Lost plce 8; wknd aft 3 out; pu nxt, at Garthorpe 3m mdn gd in Jun.
Glory Hights Fame And Glory gelding out of Lady Hight.
Home Free (IRE) Soldier Of Fortune gelding out of Shuriken.
Hubbel Bubbel Telescope gelding out of Cormorant Cove.
Knacker Trapper (IRE) Court Cave gelding out of Present Line.
Samwise (IRE) 28-1 (11-2) Held up in 4th place, 4th and no impression inside final furlong, 4th of 5, 3l behind Sleeping Satellite (11-2) at Catterick 2m mdn (5) sft in Nov.
Scalloway Castle (IRE) Ocovango gelding out of Ashlings Princess.
Sleeping Tom 14-1 (11-2) Chased leaders, pushed along and outpaced 3f out, soon beaten, 3rd of 5, 23 1/4l behind Swallows Song (11-2) at Sedgefield 2m 1f mdn (5) sft in Nov.
Tarras Wood (IRE) Kayf Tara gelding out of Wood Lily.
The Full Pasty (IRE) Sans Frontieres gelding out of Shannon Pearl.
Waspy (IRE) 5-4 (11-11) Made all, j well, qcknd from 4out, rdn bef last & alw holding adv til final strides, held on, won at Toomebridge 3m mdn gd in Oct beating Kap Chidley (11-6) by hd, 6 ran.
Blooming Fortune (IRE) 4-1 (11-11) Chsd ldrs, 4l 3rd 1/2way, mstk 6out, cl 2nd with ev ch from 2out until no ex bef last, nt mtch wnr, 2nd of 10, 2 1/2l behind Miss Mae West (11-11) at Ballindenisk 3m mdn Good - Yielding in May.
Mug Bookies (IRE) Soldier Of Fortune filly out of Last Century.
Admiral Horatio (IRE) 28-1 (11-0) Mid-division, pushed along over 6f out, weakened over 4f out, 7th of 8, dist behind You Some Girl (10-7) at Catterick 2m (5) sft in Nov.
Thornaby Exceed 10-1 (11-2) Raced keenly in midfield, outpaced over 5f out, driven along over 3f out, plugged on one pace, made no impression, 7th of 8, dist behind Peaky Boy (11-2) at Newcastle 2m (5) sft in Nov.
