held up in rear, slightly hampered 3rd, headway from 3 out, 2nd approaching 2 out, held when stumbled last, driven and one pace run-in
raced wide, chased leaders, led before 2 out, soon clear, ridden out
chased leaders, led approaching 6th until headed after 3 out, weakened soon after, tailed off
held up towards rear, headway on inside before 2 out, ridden between last two, edged left and went 3rd last, one pace run-in
chased leaders, pushed along and lost place after 3 out
chased leaders, ridden and went 2nd before 2 out until 2 out, ridden and no impression between last two, weakening when hit last
last pair, never involved, tailed off
chasing leaders on inside when fell 3rd
held up towards rear, headway approaching 3 out, went 4tf at the last, edged right and kept on same pace run-in
chased leaders until mistake and lost place 2nd, soon behind, tailed off 6th
chased leader, led after 3 out until before next, weakened quickly, tailed off
led until approaching 6th, soon lost place, tailed off
ANTIPHONY (NAP) stepped up on previous efforts when second at Southwell last month. He's still relatively unexposed and, with Ciaran Gethings claiming 5lb, can go one better here ahead of Clonusker, who took a backward step last time at Huntingdon but is a course and distance winner. Keppel Isle returns from his winter break but shouldn't be far away if fully wound up and Distant Sound also has place claims. Royal Salute looks the pick of the remainder with Highbury High clearly suffering from a lack of confidence at present.
Antiphony (IRE) 11-1 (11-3) Held up in rear, mistake 1st and 3rd, headway approaching 2 out, stayed on well flat, went 2nd close home, not reach winner, 2nd of 12, 1l behind Being Global (11-8) at Southwell 2m hcp (4) gd in Mar.
Royal Salute 3-1 (11-12) In touch, effort approaching 2 out, soon one paced, 3rd of 8, 12 1/4l behind Slidecheck (11-3) at Wincanton 1m 7f hcp (5) sft in Mar.
Keppel Isle (IRE) 10-1 (11-0) Raced wide, prominent, chased winner 4th until pushed along 3 out, went 2nd again run-in, no chance with winner, 2nd of 11, 6l behind Flashman (11-9) at Plumpton 2m hcp (4) gs in Nov.
Highbury High (IRE) 5-1 (11-12) Chased leaders, unseated rider 11th, at Fakenham 2m 5f hcp (5) gd in Mar.
Ding Ding 20-1 (11-2) Held up, headway tracking leaders before 4th, outpaced 3 out, rallied briefly before next, weakened 2 out, mistake last, 5th of 9, 22l behind Sunshine Corner (11-2) at Lingfield 2m (4) hvy in Dec.
Clonusker (IRE) 13-2 (11-0) Held up, took keen hold, hampered 2nd, headway approaching 7th, weakening when not fluent 3 out, 7th of 10, 33 1/4l behind Champagne Chaser (11-11) at Huntingdon 2m 5f hcp (5) sft in Mar.
Griesenau (IRE) 33-1 (11-0) Jumped right at times, led until 5th, weakened after 3 out, last of 12, dist behind Riddlestown (11-7) at Southwell 2m 4f hcp (5) gd in Mar.
Cropley (IRE) 20-1 (11-2) In touch, effort 2 out, one paced, 4th of 8, 15 3/4l behind Slidecheck (11-3) at Wincanton 1m 7f hcp (5) sft in Mar.
Distant Sound (IRE) 7-1 (11-1) Abehind, plugged on from 2 out, went modest 4th post, 4th of 11, 14 3/4l behind Visible Light (11-9) at Towcester 2m 3f hcp (5) sft in Mar.
Dancing Dik 7-1 (11-5) Led until 7th, chased leader until 8th, chased leading pair until weakened rapidly next, behind and pulled up before 10th, at Plumpton 2m 4f hcp (5) sft in Dec.
Comedy House 20-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, chased leaders, keen, joined leader, over 7f out, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Avenue Des Champs (8-11) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp stks (6) pol in Mar.
Nouailhas 15-2 (10-0) Chased winner until after 3rd, dropped to rear and reminders after 5th, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out, at Plumpton 2m hcp (5) sft in Nov.
