led, driven and hard pressed 3 out, not fluent next, headed between last 2, soon ridden and no chance with winner, dropped to 5th towards finish
mid-division, driven and outpaced after 4 out, weakened before next, tailed off
chased leaders, reminders after 2nd, ridden and weakened after 4 out, tailed off when pulled up before next
chased leaders, driven before 3 out, ridden and no impression next, stayed on to take narrow 2nd towards finish, no chanace with winner
towards rear, headway 6th, driven to chase leaders after 4 out, ridden and one pace next, kept on to take narrow 3rd near finish, no impression
mid-division on outside, ridden after 4 out, weakened next, tailed off
tracked leader, challenged approaching 3 out, ridden and one pace next, soon no impression, kept on flat
behind, driven after 4 out, headway under pressure 2 out, soon ridden, kept on flat, no impression
held up in rear, smooth headway after 4 out, led between last 2, soon clear, driven out, easily
Baysbrown has the best recent form of these but has been raised a further 4lb having failed to cope with his new mark at Carlisle. Marlee Massie won four times last season, beating Cruachan on a couple of occasions, after finishing second to Johnny Go at Cartmel and looks the pick of Nick Alexander's two runners but this looks too far for Thorpe. Turtle Cask needs the mud so we'll take a chance on LOCHNELL as Iain Duncan's raider runs his best races here, is fairly treated and will strip fitter for a recent pipe-opener.
Baysbrown (IRE) 2-1fav (11-3) Made most, hard pressed 2 out, headed narrowly when mistake last, soon ridden, no extra and held final 100 yards, 2nd of 10, 3 1/4l behind Bourne (11-0) at Carlisle 3m 1f hcp (4) gs in Oct.
Thorpe (IRE) 11-2 (11-7) Prominent, outpaced 4 out, 5th and weakening 2 out, 5th of 12, 12l behind Lyric Street (11-11) at Bangor 2m 4f hcp (4) gd in Jul.
Bertalus (IRE) 12-1 (11-10) Mistakes, chased leaders to 3rd, soon behind, hampered 5th, reminders after 9th, pulled up after next, at Wetherby 3m hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Marlee Massie (IRE) 4-1fav (11-7) Chased leaders, outpaced 4 out, headway under pressure 3 out, went 3rd before next, soon ridden, kept on same pace, not reach front pair, 3rd of 12, 5 3/4l behind One For Hocky (11-7) at Kelso 2m 5f hcp (4) sft in Apr.
Too Many Chiefs (IRE) 18-1 (11-4) Chased leaders, reminder after 6th, lost place and behind 4 out, soon pulled up, at Bangor 2m 7f hcp (4) hvy in Apr.
Johnny Go 50-1 (10-4) Tracked leader, mistake 2nd, ridden after 9th, lost place 3 out, soon well behind, 12th of 14, dist behind Kerrow (11-8) at Aintree 3m 1f hcp (3) gd in Oct.
Turtle Cask (IRE) 12-1 (10-5) Disputed lead to 1st, tracked leaders, pecked 7th, outpaced 3 out, soon ridden, no impression from next, 4th of 10, 23l behind Bourne (11-0) at Carlisle 3m 1f hcp (4) gs in Oct.
Cruachan (IRE) 5-1fav (10-10) Held up mid-division, ridden before 2 out, kept on same pace in 5th, 5th of 12, 26l behind Theatre Act (10-4) at Carlisle 2m 4f hcp (4) sft in Oct.
Lochnell (IRE) 25-1 (10-1) Held up, towards rear, hampered 4 out, soon lost place, 7th of 11, 15l behind Fred Le Macon (10-5) at Ayr 2m 5f hcp (4) gs in Oct.
