keen made all, ridden 3 out, not fluent last, stayed on
held up, headway 13th, ridden 4 out, stayed on towards finish, never a threat
tracked leaders, ridden 4 out, weakened next
in rear, headway 11th, tracked leaders 4 out, ridden to chase winner 2 out, no impression
held up, behind 10th, soon ridden, some headway 14th, jumped slowly 4 out, weakened next, pulled up 2 out
tracked leaders, chased winner 5th, ridden 12th, weakened 15th, blunder and stumbled on landing 3 out, soon pulled up and dismounted
tracked winner until 5th, mistake next, chased winner again 4 out until 2 out, kept on same pace
tracked leaders, lost place 3rd, hit 8th, reminders soon after, driven along in rear 11th
held up, headway 6th, pecked on landing 9th, mistake 14th and dropped to rear
Susan Nock does well with her small string but Picture In The Sky hasn't offered much encouragement lately. Loch Ba hasn't made the anticipated progress and Tuskar Rock never looked like following up his Leicester win at Stratford earlier this week. Reach For The Top will probably need this and Canni Thinkaar is an exposed maiden but 13-year-old Without A Doubt is still capable of giving these youngsters something to think about, though may not be good enough to get the better of SUBURBAN BAY. Alan King's gelding looked ready for the step up to 3m when a one-paced second to the Ballyallia Man at Southwell and is less exposed than his rivals.
Reach For The Top (IRE) 7-2 (12-5) Wknd 13; to & pu 16, in a race won by Surenaga (12-5) at Chaddesley Corbett 3m 2f ptp gf in Apr, 11 ran.
Betabob (IRE) 25-1 (11-5) Always in rear, tailed off 12th, never a factor, 8th of 9, 33l behind French Ties (11-0) at Newbury 2m 4f hcp chs 0-120 (4) gd.
Without A Doubt 9-1 (11-4) Chased leaders, not fluent 6th or 12th, went 2nd 14th until mistake next, went 2nd 4 out until next, weakened before 2 out, 4th of 11, 29l behind Reblis (10-10) at Sandown 3m hcp chs 0-125 (3) gd in Feb.
Suburban Bay 4-1 (11-0) Mid-division, headway 4th, not fluent 8th, chased winner 11th, ridden to challenge after 3 out until last, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 9, 1 1/4l behind Ballyallia Man (11-0) at Southwell 2m 4f beg chase (4) gs in Feb.
Loch Ba (IRE) 5-1 (10-5) Jumped slowly 1st, in rear, ridden after 4 out, stayed on into 6th 2 out, never near leaders, 6th of 13, 18l behind Midnight Appeal (11-5) at Sandown 3m hcp chs 0-135 (3) gd in Feb.
Canni Thinkaar (IRE) 12-1 (10-13) Led, clear after 1st, hit 5th, reduced lead approaching 7th, hit next, hit 3 out, soon headed and dropped to 3rd, no chance with leading duo when blundered last, weakened soon after, 5th of 9, 22l behind Lady Karabaya (11-5) at Folkestone 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-110 (4) gd in Feb.
Tuskar Rock (FR) 7-2 (10-9) Tracked leaders, lost place before 14th, 5th of 10, 26l behind Mylord Collonges (10-6) at Stratford 2m 7f hcp chs 0-125 (3) gd.
Picture In The Sky (IRE) 16-1 (10-10) Led until headed 9th, chased leaders, lost place 15th, behind and pulled up before 18th, in a race won by Upham Atom (11-2) at Folkestone 3m 7f hcp chs 0-130 (3) gd in Feb, 7 ran.
Pocket Aces (IRE) 14-1 (11-4) Held up in last trio, headway 3 out, went 4th next, no impression, 4th of 8, 13l behind Mortimers Cross (11-9) at Fontwell 2m 6f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gs in Feb.
