with leader 1st, led and jumped right from next, went badly right from 6th, headed after 5 out, mistake 4 out, weakened 2 out
with leader until 1st, chased leaders, jumped right and reminders 3rd, weakened approaching 4 out
held up in rear, not fluent 2nd, pushed along 8th, soon behind, pulled up before 4 out
in rear, not fluent and reminders 1st, not fluent 4th, effort 5 out, mistake 4 out, weakened and mistake 3 out, tailed off
led, hit 1st, jumped right and headed next, blundered and stumbled 5th, blundered next, weakened approaching 5 out, pulled up before 4 out
held up, blundered 3rd and 6th, mistake 8th, headway to go 3rd 5 out, chased winner 4 out, no chance
held up, not fluent 1st, went 3rd 5th, chased leader 7th, led after 5 out, clear before next, easily (no time taken)
Nonrunner
Nicky Henderson has an excellent chance with POLYFAST here and we think he could have enough to see off the competition with the likely dangers being Royal Kicks, Line Ball and previous course and distance winner Warpath. Polyfast did very well to beat Franchoek last time out and although penalised for that win is the form horse coming in to this contest. Royal Kicks could be in with a chance on the pick of his form but will need to take full advantage of his favourable weighting here. Warpath ran very well here last month and should be in contention. Paul Moloney retains the ride on the mount on which he has had two winning rides already this year. Evan Williams has an 18% strike rate at this course in chase competitions and we do not rule out his gelding in this race. Our preference is for Polyfast to secure back-to-back wins.
Knight Legend (IRE) 9-1 (11-7) Held up, hit 4th, went 3rd next (water) dropped to 4th and no chance when fell last, in a race won by Passato (10-7) at Stratford 2m 1f hcp chs 0-135 (3) gf in May, 9 ran.
Warpath (IRE) 4-1 (11-6) Chased leaders, went 2nd 10th until 12th, weakened 4 out, 5th of 8, 13l behind Oscar Bay (11-8) at Worcester 2m 7f hcp chs 0-135 (3) gf in May.
Nelson's Spice (IRE) 12-1 (11-2) Towards rear, hit 12th, no chance after, tailed off and eased, 9th of 12, well behind King Troy (11-12) at Stratford 2m 5f hcp chs 0-140 (2) gf in May.
Line Ball (IRE) 10-3 (12-0) Held up towards rear, headway on outer after 5 out, every chance 4 out, one pace from next, 3rd of 10, 14l behind Bow School (11-11) at Wetherby 2m 4f hts chs (6) gd in May.
Osolomio (IRE) 12-1 (11-8) In rear, not always fluent, weakened 10th, tailed off, 7th of 8, 50l behind Polyfast (11-8) at Worcester 2m 4f hcp chs 0-135 (3) gd.
Royal Kicks (FR) 9-2fav (10-10) Mid-division on outside, headway after 6th, hung left after 2 out, stayed on to take 2nd flat, flattered by proximity to winner, 2nd of 12, 2 3/4l behind Grand Slam Hero (11-10) at Bangor 2m 4f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in May.
Neutrino 11-1 (11-10) Held up towards rear, pushed along after 10th, good headway next, led 4 out, clear from 2 out, eased last 100 yards, won at Bangor 2m 4f hcp chs 0-100 (4) gd beating Wee Forbees (11-12) by 14l, 7 ran.
Polyfast (FR) 5-1 (11-8) Mid-division, headway after 6th, soon steadied, progess 11th, mistake 4 out, led last, stayed on well to draw clear flat (no time taken), won at Worcester 2m 4f hcp chs 0-135 (3) gd beating Franchoek (11-11) by 10l, 8 ran.
Native Coral (IRE) 16-1 (11-7) Held up in rear, reminder after 12th, stumbled next, headway to chase leaders after 5 out, weakened approaching 2 out, tailed off, 6th of 9, 50l behind Sheriff Hutton (11-12) at Perth 3m hcp chs 0-125 (3) gf in May.
