led, ridden and headed home turn, fell when well held 2 out
chased leader, not fluent 4th, led home turn and soon clear, very easily
always towards rear, pulled up before 5 out
mid-division, struggling from 3 out, left in distant 2nd 2 out, plugged on
in rear, not fluent throughout, blundered 6th, tailed off
Last Royal easily landed the odds here in March but was weakening when falling at the last at Cheltenham subsequently. This is a much less competitive contest, however, and he’s preferred to Thomas Mor who is also penalised for making a winning debut under Rules at Worcester. TWIN POWER didn’t run up to the form of his bumper debut here when only third at Warwick but he’s only the second foal to race of a very smart hurdler and chaser and should do much better over timber.
Last Royal 5-4fav (10-0) Led, jumped right at times, mistake and hampered rival 2 out, soon headed, ridden and weakening quickly when fell last, at Cheltenham 3m hcp (2) gd in Apr.
Thomas Mor (IRE) 5-4fav (11-4) Jumped right, held up in touch, went 2nd after 6th, not fluent next, hanging left from final bend, led before mistake 2 out, ridden out, won at Worcester 2m 7f mdn (4) gd in Oct beating Galassian (11-4) by 4l, 8 ran.
More Beer (IRE) 100-1 (11-4) Chased leaders, lost place 5th, pulled up before 3 out, at Plumpton 2m (4) gs in Nov.
Twin Power (IRE) 6-5fav (11-3) With leader until 6f out, went 2nd again 4f out until over 2f out, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 7, 17l behind Ernest Gray (11-10) at Warwick 2m (5) gs in Mar.
Martineau (IRE) Mahler gelding out of Vicky Milan.
