held up in rear, never involved
raced keenly, chased leaders, mistake and lost place 2nd, soon recovered chasing leaders on outside, squeezed out and hampered 2 out, saddle slipped, soon pulled up
towards rear, ridden and struggling in last after 3 out, tailed off
went badly right 1st, chased leaders, pushed along after 3 out, outpaced soon after, kept on again from next, one pace when hit last, edged right under pressure and no extra run-in
led, clear after 2nd, not fluent next, reduced lead 4 out, hit 2 out, soon headed, weakened before the last
chased clear leader until after 6th, chased leaders, pushed along after 3 out, led soon after 2 out, pressed last, edged right run-in, headed towards finish
tracked leaders and wide, went 2nd after 6th until after 3 out, chased leaders, weakened 2 out
held up towards rear on inside, steady headway before 2 out, challenged and went right 2 out, went 2nd between last 2, stayed on well run-in to lead towards finish
went right 1st, held up towards rear, headway chasing leaders 4 out, every chance when not fluent 2 out, held in 3rd when hit last
raced keenly, soon chasing leaders, 2nd after 3 out, pushed along when not fluent and lost 2nd 2 out, weakened between last 2
last pair, jumped slowly and dropped to last 5th, not fluent and struggling next, headway on outside and hung right approaching 2 out, kept on into 4th run-in
Burrows Park’s run at Fontwell last time was too bad to be true. He’d been placed behind useful novices at Plumpton and Bangor earlier and a race like this should be within his capabilities. But Nicky Henderson saddled the winner of this two years ago and has a chance of repeating that feat with TALES OF THE TWEED. Preferred to stablemate Take To Heart, who his making his hurdling debut, the Robin Des Champs gelding will have learnt plenty from his run in a decent maiden here in December. Clondaw Cracker was odds-on when pulled up at Wetherby in October so should be capable of better, as should Gibbes Bay. Three Star General was a maiden on the Flat in Ireland but can make his mark over jumps once he’s gained experience.
Benefit Of Luck (IRE) 20-1 (11-4) Led to 4th, remained close up, weakened before 2 out, 5th of 11, 32 3/4l behind Bobo Mac (11-4) at Southwell 2m 4f mdn (4) sft in Mar.
Burrows Park (FR) 10-3 (11-4) Raced on inside, chased leaders, mistake and weakened 3 out, pulled up before next, at Fontwell 2m 3f hcp (3) sft in Jan.
Clondaw Cracker (IRE) 8-11fav (10-12) Tracked leaders, pushed along after 6th, lost place after 4 out, weakened and pulled up before next, at Wetherby 2m 4f (4) gd in Oct.
Gibbes Bay (FR) 8-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders, not fluent 1st, slow 4th, mistake 7th, jumped right 8th, soon ridden, weakened 2 out, 6th of 11, 33 1/2l behind Finian's Oscar (10-12) at Hereford 2m 6f (4) sft in Dec.
Legal Ok (IRE) 20-1 (11-1) Led, soon clear, headed 2 out, weakened run-in, 3rd of 8, 13 3/4l behind Azzerti (11-7) at Sandown 2m (4) sft in Mar.
Springtown Lake (IRE) 6-1 (11-4) Held up in touch, outpaced 4f out, weakened 3f out, 11th of 16, 33 1/2l behind Haafapiece (10-8) at Kempton 2m mdn (5) gs in Feb.
Take To Heart 5-2 (11-2) Tracked leader, effort over 2f out, every chance from over 1f out, stayed on well towards finish, just failed, 2nd of 13, shd behind Enniscoffey Oscar (11-2) at Lingfield 2m (6) fst in Feb.
Tales Of The Tweed (IRE) 11-2 (11-0) Raced wide, took keen hold, held up in touch, headway on outside chasing leaders approaching 3 out, weakening when mistake 2 out, 6th of 8, 23 3/4l behind Topofthegame (11-0) at Ascot 2m 6f mdn (3) gs in Dec.
Toviere (IRE) 5-1 (11-0) Held up in touch, headway tracking leaders approaching 9th, modest 2nd 3 out until weakened before next, 4th of 9, 26 1/4l behind Overland Flyer (11-0) at Taunton 3m mdn (5) gd in Jan.
Jennifer Eccles 8-1 (10-8) Took keen hold in touch, hung badly left and lost place on bend after 4th, soon out of race and pulled up, at Kempton 2m 5f (4) gd in Mar.
Three Star General 8-1 (8-12) Disputed lead early, soon improved to lead, pushed along and ridden from 3f out, soon headed and no extra from over 1f out, dropped to 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 11, 6 1/2l behind Prickly (9-4) at Killarney 1m 6f hcp gf in Aug.