held up towards rear, headway 8th, challenging when not fluent last, led narrowly flat, headed post
mid-division on inside, slow 6th and lost place, slow and reminder next, well beaten 4 out
tracked leaders, lost place 4 out, weakened next
held up in rear, headway after 8th, badly hampered 3 out, 3rd and no extra flat
mid-division on outside, headway before 7th, went 2nd after next, not fluent 3 out, mistake last, edged left and headed narrowly flat, stayed on, led again post
towards rear, not fluent 6th, in touch when fell 8th
tracked leaders, hampered 6th, beaten 3 out, weakened next
tracked leader from 1st, not fluent 3rd, led 7th, hard pressed when fell 3 out
jumped right, led until 7th, weakened quickly after 8th, pulled up before 4 out
League Of His Own has won three times between the flags but has only managed one place in 19 runs under Rules and is 10lb out of the handicap here. HURRICANE RITA was only a plater over hurdles but she may have gone close on her chasing bow here at the start of the month had she not fallen and deserves another chance. Le Curieux has yet to place in eight chase starts and doesn’t find much off the bridle so may struggle to confirm recent running with Dark Invader, despite better terms.
Dark Invader (FR) 9-1 (11-10) Held up towards rear, hampered 8th, weakened before 2 out, 6th of 9, 28 1/4l behind Cropley (10-7) at Worcester 2m 4f hcp (4) gd in May.
Le Curieux (FR) 6-1 (11-9) Tracked leader, led 5th, headed 4 out, one pace when mistake next, weakened from 2 out, 5th of 10, 26 3/4l behind Cornish Warrior (11-7) at Ffos Las 2m 5f hcp (4) gd in May.
A Montmartre (FR) 12-1 (11-8) Held up towards rear, headway 6th, ridden and weakened before 3 out, 4th of 8, 22 3/4l behind Tikkinthebox (12-0) at Wincanton 2m hcp (4) gd in May.
Hurricane Rita (FR) 20-1 (11-4) Held up in rear, headway 4 out, in touch when fell next, at Worcester 2m hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Scrupuleux (FR) 20-1 (10-10) Behind, headway 4 out, hampered next, never a threat, 5th of 13, 34 1/2l behind Dr Dunraven (11-9) at Worcester 2m hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Opera Buffa (IRE) 33-1 (10-10) In touch, chased winner 3 out, soon ridden, outpaced and unable to go with easy winner after next, lost modest 2nd between last 2, weakened before last, 5th of 7, dist behind Miss Adventure (10-10) at Stratford 2m (5) gd in May.
Welsh Designe 11-1 (10-0) Held up towards rear, headway to track leaders 6th, outpaced 4 out, weakened from 2 out, tailed off, 6th of 10, dist behind Cornish Warrior (11-7) at Ffos Las 2m 5f hcp (4) gd in May.
Valshan Time (IRE) 20-1 (10-4) Held up in 4th, hit 11th soon weakened, no chance when bumped 4 out, pulled up after next, at Exeter 2m 3f hcp (5) hvy in Apr.
League Of His Own (IRE) 5-1 (12-0) (tt) made all; wl clr 3-11; unchall, won at Lower Machen 2m 4f gd in May beating Minella Arts (12-3) by 12l, 8 ran.
