mid-division, ridden before 2 out, never in contention
made all, ridden before last, stayed on strongly, readily drew clear
mid-division, headway into 3rd after 6th, ridden after 3 out, gradually weakened after 2 out
keen, prominent, jumped right 2nd, pushed along and lost position after 6th, soon beaten
front mid-division, lost ground before 4 out, tailed off
towards rear, struggling from after 3 out
prominent, chased winner from 3 out, ridden after 2 out, kept on but no impression
towards rear, effort and headway into 3rd after 3 out, keeping on one pace when fell 2 out
rear mid-division, headway into 4th before 3 out, soon ridden and outpaced, weakened quickly
in rear, effort and headway after 3 out, ridden into 3rd 2 out, kept on, never near to challenge
Chavez has claims on his second at Chepstow but didn’t run up to that form at Exeter last time and the drying ground may not be ideal. MINELLA YOUNGY (NAP) boasts the stand-out form on his fourth to the useful HMS Seahorse at Fairyhouse last month but needs to bounce back from a poor run at Navan. Sam's The Man, Ron Burgundy and Vengeance could also play a part in a weak maiden
Broadoak 150-1 (10-12) Front mid-division, ridden and weakened before 3 out, last of 13, dist behind Seventeen O Four (10-12) at Chepstow 2m (4) sft in Dec.
Chavez (IRE) 11-2 (11-7) Tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced at 3 out, kept on at 2 out, weakened after final hurdle, 6th of 12, dist behind Ballyblack (11-7) at Exeter 2m 6f mdn (4) gs in Feb.
Ron Burgundy (IRE) 9-1 (11-8) Midfield, chased leaders 4 out, ridden before 3 out, weakened before 2 out where not fluent, 5th of 8, 28 1/4l behind Skytastic (11-8) at Doncaster 2m 3f mdn (4) gd in Jan.
Sam's The Man 9-1 (11-7) Off the pace towards rear, headway pushed along in moderate 4th after 4 out, weakened into remote 5th after 3 out, 5th of 12, dist behind Del La Mar Rocket (11-7) at Ffos Las 2m 6f mdn (4) sft in Feb.
Shalott (IRE) 66-1 (11-2) Chased leaders, pushed along and weakened before 3 out, 10th of 11, dist behind Surtitle (11-2) at Newbury 2m (3) gs in Feb.
Telleroftales (IRE) 125-1 (11-6) Pushed along and struggling after 5th, always towards rear, tailed off when hung left and ridden after 3 out, 10th of 11, dist behind Gin Coco (11-6) at Fontwell 2m 2f mdn (4) gd in Mar.
Tommy Tracey (IRE) 20-1 (11-4) Midfield, not fluent 3 out and ridden, weakened before 2 out, 7th of 9, dist behind Viva Lavilla (11-4) at Lingfield 2m 3f mdn (4) gs in Nov.
Missfit (IRE) 50-1 (10-12) Mid-division, pushed along and dropped to rear home turn, pulled up soon after, at Kempton 2m (4) gd in Mar.
Minella Youngy (IRE) 12-1 (11-7) Mid-division, moderate 13th 3 out, weakened, 14th of 19, dist behind Vera Verto (11-0) at Navan 2m mdn Yielding in Mar.
Vengeance 9-1 (10-7) Pressed leader until 4f out, weakened 3f out, 6th of 7, 33 1/4l behind Churchills Boy (11-5) at Chepstow 2m mdn (5) hvy in Feb.