chased leaders, led over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
led, headed halfway, remained prominent until weakened over 2f out
held up, headway on outside after 4f, led halfway, headed over 2f out, no extra
mid-division, outpaced 7f out
mid-division, outpaced 7f out
in touch, pushed along 7f out, weakened 5f out
towards rear, pushed along 6f out, rallied under pressure 4f out, stayed on strongly to lead inside final furlong
towards rear, headway 7f out, every chance over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
chased leaders, effort over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, one pace
in touch, ridden over 6f out, soon beaten
chased leaders to halfway, soon behind
Paul Nicholls has won three of the last six runnings of this contest and may be on the mark again with newcomer SUBTLE SOVEREIGN, who has a Flat pedigree and cost connections £24,000 at the sales in May. Decimus has a penalty to carry for a narrow win at Taunton while Roscommon second Kilrye has his first run for David Pipe since arriving from Ireland. The others with experience all need to step up on what they've shown so far if they are to get off the mark here.
Admiral Boom (IRE) 50-1 (10-11) Held up mid-division, effort 2f out, no impression, 8th of 9, 32l behind Open Hearted (11-2) at Ludlow 2m NH flat (5) gd in Nov.
Banks Road (IRE) 80-1 (11-2) Always towards rear, 9th of 14, 32l behind Nelson's Bridge (11-2) at Bangor 2m 1f NH flat (6) gs.
Fleet Dawn 14-1 (11-2) Mid-division, lost place over 4f out, soon behind and weakened, 13th of 14, well behind Golden Gael (10-9) at Exeter 2m 1f NH flat (6) gd in Apr.
Kilrye (IRE) 25-1 (11-2) Waited with, progress to track leaders from over 6f out, 3rd under 4f out, no impression from before straight, kept on without troubling winner into moderate 2nd inside final furlong, 2nd of 11, 10l behind Sands Cove (11-9) at Roscommon 2m 4yo nhf hvy in Sep.
Kruseman 80-1 (11-0) Always behind, 6th of 12, well behind Trespasser (10-2) at Taunton 2m 1f mdn nat hunt flat (5) gd.
Le Pergolese (FR) Sagacity gelding out of Rasinixa.
Made In Italy (IRE) Milan gelding out of Handmade.
Notcantdoit (IRE) Classic Cliche gelding out of Tanya Thyne.
Old Tricks (IRE) 4-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden and lost place over 6f out, 4th of 5, 35l behind Ashes House (11-0) at Ffos Las 2m nhf (6) sft in Nov.
Subtle Sovereign (IRE) Subtle Power gelding out of Katonka.
Sutton Storm 28-1 (10-7) Towards rear, pushed along in 7th 4f out, plugged on one pace, 6th of 14, 14l behind Private Eyes (11-0) at Hereford 2m 1f NH flat (6) gs in Nov.
Truq Chouet (FR) Valanour gelding out of Tulipp D'avril.
Holly Orchard Shambo filly out of Brown Owl.
Just Fee 50-1 (10-9) Always towards rear, 8th of 12, 41l behind Decimus (11-2) at Taunton 2m 1f mdn NH flat (5) gf in Nov.
Decimus (IRE) 15-2 (11-2) Mid-division, headway 6f out, switched left over 2f out, challenged over 1f out, ran on to lead towards finish, won at Taunton 2m 1f mdn NH flat (5) gf in Nov beating Opening Batsman (11-2) by 1/2l, 12 ran.
Tom Sang (FR) Dom Alco gelding out of Idee.
