held up in 4th, took keen hold, mistake 4th, blundered and unseated rider 6th
made all, drew well clear from 11th, jumped right 13th, not fluent 3 out, unchallenged
tracked leaders, took keen hold, pressing for 2nd when fell 6th
tracked winner, jumped slowly 11th, soon well held
Nonrunner
KING'S LEGACY was placed twice over hurdles at Cheltenham last season. Lightly-raced, he's the type to improve further now his attention is switched to fences and he may have more scope than Raslan. David Pipe's eight-year-old has the higher rating over timber but was a little disappointing on his only previous try over fences in this race two years ago and has been well below par recently. Pipe also saddles Horsford, who was second in a handicap at Ffos Las in March. There is probably more to come from the latter, though he's never raced on ground this fast before.
Grand Fella (IRE) 9-1 (10-4) Always in rear, mistake 2nd, ridden and struggling 5th, soon lost touch, tailed off, 6th of 7, 35l behind Domino Dancer (11-5) at Plumpton 2m hcp hdl 0-95 (5) gf.
Horsford (IRE) 9-4 (11-6) Not fluent early stages, chased winner, slow 2nd, challenged 11th, took narrow lead well before next, 1 length ahead when blundered badly and headed 3 out, not recover, 2nd of 4, 12l behind Patman Du Charmil (11-8) at Ffos Las 2m 5f hcp chs 0-125 (3) sft in Mar.
King's Legacy (IRE) 4-1fav (10-10) Held up rear of mid-division, not fluent 4th, headway after 2 out, chased winner last, stayed on, well held, 2nd of 10, 5l behind My Shamwari (10-3) at Cheltenham 2m 4f hcp hdl (2) gd in Apr.
Raslan 66-1 (11-5) Held up in rear, struggling 8th, soon beaten, 13th of 17, well behind Liberate (10-9) at Haydock 3m hcp hdl (2) gd.
Roman Landing 200-1 (11-4) Led, hit 5th, headed next, weakened rapidly and in rear when blundered 7th, tailed off next, pulled up soon after, in a race won by Cantlow (11-4) at Ludlow 3m mdn hdl (5) gs in Feb, 8 ran.
