in rear, pushed along halfway, weakened 7th, tailed off and soon pulled up
in rear and keen, soon in touch, chased leaders 4 out, went 2nd before 2 out, no chance with winner
led, headed before 3rd, led again after 5th, headed and mistake 3 out, weakened before 2 out, tailed off, pulled up before last
tracked leader, led before 3rd, headed after 5th, pushed along and weakened before 4 out
tracked leaders in 3rd, led 3 out, clear before 2 out, easily
Quite a test for novices upon the forecast conditions but BESPOKE LADY stayed on strongly on her hurdling debut to score here by 7l from reopposing Irish raider, Nosey Box. The McCain inmate should come on for that experience and can confirm places with the runner-up on better terms with jockey allowances taken into account. Lord Fingal displayed fair form in Irish points and was nicely backed when unseating on his hurdling debut at Clonmel, whilst Head Of The Class and Maxed Out King have yet to tackle this trip, although both have shown enough promise over shorter to be of interest should this longer distance prove to be beneficial.
Diamond Native 250-1 (10-6) Held up towards rear, not always fluent, ridden and behind 5th, unseated rider 2 out, in a race won by Frankie's Promise (11-6) at Hexham 2m nov hdl (4) gs in Apr, 14 ran.
Head Of The Class (IRE) 8-1 (11-0) Held up towards rear, ridden and headway before 2 out, one pace, 3rd of 13, 6l behind Ballythomas (10-11) at Wetherby 2m 6f mdn hdl (5) gs in Apr.
Lord Fingal (IRE) 5-1 (11-4) Chased leaders, badly hampered and unseated rider before 2nd, in a race won by Desertmore Stream (11-4) at Clonmel 2m mdn hdl hvy in Apr, 16 ran.
Maxed Out King (IRE) 5-2 (10-6) Chased leaders, hampered 3rd, weakened 4 out, behind when pulled up 2 out, in a race won by Cape York (10-13) at Sedgefield 2m 4f nov hdl (4) gd in Apr, 12 ran.
Nosey Box (IRE) 5-1 (10-7) Held up, not fluent 3rd, headway after 3 out, went 2nd before last, stayed on same pace, no impression on winner flat, 2nd of 8, 7l behind Bespoke Lady (10-12) at Hexham 3m mares mdn hdl (5) gs in Apr.
Bespoke Lady (IRE) 9-4 (10-12) Tracked leaders, led 6th, hit 3 out, driven and stayed on well flat, won at Hexham 3m mares mdn hdl (5) gs in Apr beating Nosey Box (10-7) by 7l, 8 ran.
