held up, headway on wide outside chasing leaders over 1f out, stayed on to lead well inside final furlong, headed and no extra towards finish
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out
steadied start, held up in last pair, never on terms
chased leaders on outside, headway to lead 9f out, ridden over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, weakened well inside final furlong
led 3f, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened soon after
tracked leaders and keen, pushed along over 3f out, headway
mid-division, ridden and no impression over 1f out
held up in mid-division, headway over 1f out, stayed on between horses inside final furlong, led towards finish, won going away
raced keenly, tracked leader over 4f, remained handy, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
NonRunner
Winning form is in short supply but CAFE SYDNEY was successful over today’s trip at Brighton in August and was placed over a shorter distance here in March. Tony Carroll’s charge is preferred to Robeam, who has scored over hurdles since winning on the Flat last summer. Competition has been hurdling and has switched to Mick Appleby’s yard having last run on the Flat in 2018. He’s gone close off today’s mark in the past while Sunshineandbubbles pops up at this level when the mood takes him though it’s hard to predict when that will be.
Cafe Sydney (IRE) 12-1 (9-4) Slowly into stride, held up and behind, headway on outside hanging left over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, 3rd of 10, 2 3/4l behind Thawry (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Taurean Dancer (IRE) 11-2 (9-4) Last pair, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on into modest 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 4 1/2l behind Beverley Bullet (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Precision Prince (IRE) 100-1 (10-12) Behind, tailed off 3rd, pulled up after, at Warwick 2m (4) sft in Jan.
Robeam (IRE) 5-1 (11-5) Held up in touch, mistake 6th, weakened approaching 3 out, 6th of 10, 8 1/2l behind Gennady (11-12) at Newcastle 2m hcp (4) sft in Jan.
Ravenous 50-1 (8-10) Behind, never on terms, 9th of 11, 15 1/2l behind Zack Mayo (9-9) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Aria Rose 16-1 (10-12) Always towards rear, 7th of 13, 36l behind Scardura (10-12) at Taunton 2m mdn (4) gd in Oct.
Competition 4-1 (10-7) Chased leaders, jumped right 5th, struggling after 2 out, 4th of 7, 20 1/4l behind Teqany (10-12) at Stratford 2m hcp (2) gd in Sep.
Howardian Hills (IRE) 7-2 (9-5) Ridden leaving stalls, soon prominent, ridden over 3f out, switched right over 1f out, no impression on winner, kept on, 3rd of 9, 5 1/2l behind Going Native (9-5) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Sunshineandbubbles 13-2 (9-1) Led 1f, tracked leader until over 6f out, chased leaders, weakened inside final 3f, last of 9, 7 3/4l behind Beverley Bullet (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Homing Star 12-1 (10-7) Held up towards rear, headway before 3 out, one pace from 2 out, 5th of 13, 22l behind Minnie Escape (10-12) at Taunton 2m hcp (5) sft in Jan.
Chelsea's Boy (IRE) 20-1 (9-9) Never going well, towards rear, lost touch over 5f out, 8th of 9, 27 1/2l behind Going Native (9-5) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Kismat 25-1 (9-10) Slowly into stride, soon in touch in mid-division, pushed along over 4f out, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, carried left and hampered towards finish, 4th of 12, 1 1/4l behind Broad Appeal (10-12) at Windsor 1m 3f hcp (5) gd in Aug.
