chased clear leader, led approaching 5th, driven out after last
chased leaders, chased winner after 4 out, ridden approaching 2 out, stayed on gamely flat, held near finish
tracked leaders in 4th, went 3rd approaching 5th, chased winner from 7th until after 4 out, soon weakened
in rear, some headway approaching 4 out, never dangerous
held up towards rear, went in touch from 5th, reminders after 4 out, disputing 2nd when mistake 2 out, no extra
led, pulled hard and soon clear, quickly weakened and headed approaching when fell heavily 5th
in rear, reminders after 4th, weakened approaching 7th, reminders approaching next, never dangerous
ALESANDRO MANTEGNA is a speculative call against likely hotpots Chapel Flowers and Tempting Paradise. Keith Goldsworthy's inmate does have valuable 3lb conditional, Rhys Flint, in the plate, and while three miles has proved beyond him around here, some of his earlier efforts over shorter stand up to scrutiny.Chapel Flowers is another to drop in trip. He won off a mark of 89 at Newcastle though has gone up to 107 these days. Tempting Paradise is not the most fluent of individuals though he is fairly resolute. Machu Pichu is tried with a combination of first time blinkers and first time champion jockey. The market verdict awaits. Campanile has shown an aptitude for fast ground in the past so some of his efforts on heavy can be safely overlooked. A number of cases can be made for many in this field and we stick with Alesandro Mantegna.
Chapel Flowers (IRE) 9-2 (11-7) Held up mid-division, prominent when fell 10th, in a race won by Silver Dollars (10-6) at Musselburgh 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Feb, 11 ran.
Alesandro Mantegna (IRE) 8-1 (11-10) Held up, ridden and weakened approaching 3 out, 8th of 16, 37l behind Sona Sasta (10-10) at Ffos Las 3m hcp hdl 0-110 (4) gs in Jan.
Tempting Paradise (IRE) 9-1 (11-4) Prominent, lost place after 5th, reminders after next, rallied on long run to 2 out, led and not fluent last, pulled left towards finish, ran on, won at Ludlow 2m hcp ch 0-110 (4) gs in Feb beating Reland (11-0) by 2l, 9 ran.
Minella For Food (IRE) 25-1 (11-9) Took keen hold, led after 2nd, blundered and unseated rider 5th, in a race won by Carrickmines (11-12) at Ludlow 3m cond hcp hdl 0-105 (4) gs in Feb, 15 ran.
Machu Picchu (FR) 12-1 (11-10) Held up, headway 10th, mistake 4 out, not fluent 3 out and soon weakened, 6th of 8, 39l behind Mr Prickle (11-10) at Warwick 2m 4f hcp ch 0-110 (4) sft in Jan.
Campanile 40-1 (10-7) Tracked leaders, led after 2nd, headed before 3 out, weakened next, last of 8, 32l behind Akarshan (11-7) at Market Rasen 2m 1f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) sft in Jan.
Call Me Sam (IRE) 40-1 (11-2) Always in rear, well tailed off 7th, 6th of 11, well behind Holmwood Legend (11-0) at Taunton 2m 3f hcp chs 0-105 (4) sft in Feb.
