held up, slightly hampered 5th, headway 7th, led 3 out, ridden out
held up in rear, not fluent 2nd, mistake 8th, soon behind, tailed off
tracked leaders, ridden after 8th, every chance 3 out, stayed on same pace last
prominent, hit 6th, lost place next, lost touch before 4 out
mid-division, hit 1st, bad mistake 5th, ridden after 8th, weakened 4 out, tailed off
tracking leaders when mistake 2nd, lost place 4th, behind 7th, tailed off
prominent, 4th and outpaced when hit 3 out, well held when fell last
Now he's got his head in front there may be more to come from Southwell winner ORIGINAL PRANKSTER, who is probably still on a decent mark. Drom won here and at Towcester last month but has climbed the weights as a result and this looks too short for him nowadays. Ours was second at Chepstow last time but has still yet to recapture last season's decent form and is another likely to find this plenty sharp enough on good ground. The others make limited appeal.
Rody (FR) 33-1 (11-0) Mid-division, driven after 4 out, kept on same pace under pressure from next, no impression, 8th of 15, 38l behind Open Hearted (11-0) at Doncaster 2m 3f mdn hdl (4) gs in Dec.
Drom 2-1fav (12-4) Made all, hard pressed from 4 out, ridden and stayed on wel flat, won at Leicester 2m 4f hcp ch 0-95 (5) gd in Jan beating Killfinnan Castle (9-11) by 2 1/2l, 11 ran.
Beverly Hill Billy 50-1 (11-4) Held up towards rear and keen, headway before 3 out, went 3rd before 2 out until one pace from last, 5th of 12, 20l behind Koup De Kanon (11-5) at Carlisle 2m 1f nov hcp hdl 0-110 (4) gd in Oct.
Roanstar 66-1 (10-13) Held up in rear, not fluent 2nd, went 6th after 3 out, never a chance, 8th of 12, 34l behind Native Beauty (10-11) at Towcester 2m nh nov hdl (4) sft in Jan.
Ours (FR) 10-1 (11-10) Led until 1st, prominent, led after 5th, headed after 7th, left 2nd 4 out, no impression on winner 2 out, one pace, 2nd of 7, 11l behind Star Galaxy (11-9) at Chepstow 2m hcp chs 0-100 (5) hvy in Jan.
Original Prankster (IRE) 7-1 (11-12) Mid-division in touch, headway after 4 out, ridden before next, upsides 2 out, soon led, stayed on well flat, won at Southwell 2m hcp chs 0-95 (5) gs in Jan beating Kinkeel (10-5) by 4l, 10 ran.
Green To Gold (IRE) 40-1 (11-2) Tracked leaders, went 2nd after 5th until 9th, weakened before 10th, tailed off, 6th of 8, well behind Arctic Ben (11-5) at Warwick 2m 4f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gs in Jan.
Braddock Island 17-2 (10-8) With leader, weakened before 3 out, 6th of 11, 28l behind Karingreason (11-8) at Catterick 2m hcp chs 0-105 (4) sft in Dec.
