held up, steady headway on outside chasing leaders 12th, 3rd well before 2 out, went 2nd 2 out, no chance with winner
chased leading trio, 3rd from 9th, led before 2 out, 5 lengths clear last, stayed on strongly
always towards rear, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
led, not fluent 4th, mistake and headed 7th, chased leader until mistake 9th, chased leaders, weakening when blundered 4 out, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
chased leaders, pushed along and outpaced 3 out, stayed on into modest 3rd run-in
held up in last pair, plugged on same pace from 2 out, never involved
held up, steady headway chasing leaders 8th, weakened before 10th, tailed off 12th, pulled up soon after
mistakes and tended to jump left, tracked leader, led 7th, went left and hit 12th, mistake and headed 4 out, chased leaders, led again well before 2 out until approaching 2 out, chased winner until 2 out, chased leaders, weakened badly run-in
took keen hold, held up towards rear, blundered badly and nearly fell 1st, tailed off when blundered 7th, pulled up before next
held up towards rear, steady headway tracking leaders when 10th, losing place when blundered 12th, never on terms after
chased leading pair, went 2nd 9th, hampered 12th, led 4 out, headed well before next, ridden and weakening when pulled up before 2 out
towards rear, jumped slowly 10th, stayed on under pressure from 2 out, went never dangerous 4th run-in
chased leaders on inside, pushed along and lost place 7th, struggling and behind 11th, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
Old boy Bertenbar is struggling off his current mark but Johns Luck is thriving and Neil Mulholland puts up a 7lb claimer to ease his welter burden. Song Saa possibly didn’t stay 3m at Lingfield but has been generally disappointing over fences so far. Zigger Zagger has yet to recapture the form she showed in Ireland but shouldn’t be written off just yet. RUNNING WOLF ran much his best race so far over fences when just touched off over a longer trip at Leicester. He’s gone up a couple of pounds for that but a similar effort here would probably suffice.
Johns Luck (IRE) 4-1 (11-12) Held up in touch in last pair, steady headway 10th, left in 3rd place 4 out, challenged under pressure in 2nd 2 out, led narrowly last, driven out, won at Plumpton 2m 4f hcp (4) sft in Jan beating Like Sully (11-12) by nk, 7 ran.
Song Saa 5-2fav (11-2) Kept widest, held up, headway chasing leaders 5th, 2nd 13th, no impression when lost 2nd before 3 out, weakened and poor 5th when pulled up before 2 out, at Lingfield 2m 7f hcp (4) hvy in Jan.
Trojan Star (IRE) 5-1 (11-0) Mid-division, outpaced 4 out, ridden after next, stayed on into modest 4th approaching last, no chance with leaders, 4th of 10, 27 1/2l behind Future Gilded (11-7) at Catterick 2m 3f hcp (4) gs in Jan.
Zigger Zagger (IRE) 40-1 (10-3) Led until 2nd, led 4th, mistake next, jumped right 8th, headed before next, 4th and no extra 2 out, 4th of 6, 22 3/4l behind Theatre Flame (10-12) at Newbury 2m hcp (3) sft in Jan.
Irish Thistle (IRE) 25-1 (11-7) Tracked winner until 13th, chased leaders, weakening when mistake 4 out, pulled up soon after, at Lingfield 2m 7f hcp (4) hvy in Jan.
Meldrum Lad (IRE) 16-1 (11-4) Chased leaders, led and disputed from 3rd, slight mistake 4th, led after 7th, slightly slow 8th, headed before next, slight mistake in 4th 5 out, ridden and no extra next, 11th of 12, dist behind Shouband (10-12) at Thurles 2m 2f hcp gd in Oct.
Days Ahead (IRE) 10-1 (11-12) Tracked leader until pushed along on long run before 4 out, soon beaten, last of 3, dist behind Thankyou Very Much (11-7) at Leicester 2m hcp (4) fm in Dec.
Bertenbar 7-2 (11-7) Led, headed 2 out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 5, 9 1/2l behind Bishops Court (11-11) at Fontwell 2m 1f hcp (4) gs in Dec.
Letter Exit (IRE) 7-1 (11-1) Jumped right 1st, in rear, headway 9th, lost place 12th, in rear when hampered 14th, pulled up before 4 out, at Southwell 3m hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Banny's Lad 16-1 (10-3) Towards rear, hampered 4th, headway 3 out, weakened next, 7th of 10, dist behind Vinnie Red (11-7) at Market Rasen 2m 5f hcp (3) gs in Dec.
Speed Demon (IRE) 10-1 (11-11) Towards rear, pushed along before 8th, weakened from 6 out, pulled up before last, at Leicester 2m 4f hcp (5) gd in Jan.
Running Wolf (IRE) 14-1 (10-10) Tracked leaders, not fluent 3 out, challenged flat, every chance and upsides winner after, just held, 2nd of 8, shd behind Global Dream (12-0) at Leicester 2m 7f hcp (4) gd in Jan.
Easter In Paris (IRE) 7-2 (11-4) Led until 2nd, chased leader until next, went 2nd again approaching 7th, led again after 7th, ridden and headed last, outpaced run-in, just held on for 2nd, 2nd of 6, 5l behind Yourholidayisover (10-6) at Plumpton 2m 1f hcp (5) sft in Jan.
