led, ran slightly wide on bend after 4f, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon edged left, no extra well inside final furlong
held up, headway on inside over 9f out, every chance over 2f out, soon lost place, weakened over 1f out
in touch in mid-division, headway 5f out, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
prominent, ridden 6f out, weakened 4f out, tailed off
held up, headway on outside 5f out, challenged over 2f out, led over 1f out, ran on well
prominent, pushed along 6f out, weakened 5f out, hung left on bend 3f out, tailed off
held up in touch in mid-division, slightly outpaced on bend 5f out, closed over 2f out, every chance when edged right over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
held up in rear, weakened 5f out, tailed off
Black Cow will need to improve on his debut at Kempton in February to get involved here and more interesting is Miller's Maverick, who stayed on late at Ludlow last month. Hologram and Fereni are interesting newcomers as the former is Flat-bred while the latter is a half-brother to a winning hurdler but ZULU OSCAR wasn't beaten far here on debut and finished just ahead of a subsequent winner that day. Harry Fry's gelding can get off the mark now.
Black Cow (IRE) 14-1 (11-2) Held up in 9th and well off the pace, never in race, 7th of 11, 24l behind Such A Legend (10-11) at Kempton 2m NH flat (5) gd in Feb.
Miller's Maverick 6-1 (11-4) Held up in mid-division, pushed along over 4f out, kept on same pace final 2f, 5th of 13, 6l behind High Stratos (10-10) at Ludlow 2m mdn NH flat (5) gd in Apr.
Upham Running (IRE) 50-1 (11-1) Tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, soon lost place, 9th of 10, 18l behind The Skyfarmer (11-1) at Wincanton 2m NH flat (5) gd in Apr.
Flying Quest 50-1 (10-10) In rear, ridden and struggling over 4f out, 15th of 17, well behind Call Carlo (11-4) at Wincanton 2m mdn NH flat (6) gs in Mar.
Hologram Teofilo gelding out of Love Divine.
Triple Brandy 40-1 (10-4) In rear, pushed along halfway, tailed off from over 4f out, 8th of 9, 31l behind Deputy Dan (11-9) at Exeter 2m 1f NH flat (6) sft in Apr.
Zulu Oscar 11-2 (10-12) Held up in touch, ridden and one pace from over 1f out, 6th of 12, 5l behind Robinsfirth (10-12) at Wincanton 2m mdn NH flat (6) gd in Apr.
Fereni Tamayaz filly out of Clotted Cream.
