held up, in rear, struggling over 4f out, never a factor
keen, tracking leaders, pushed along over 5f out, weakened quickly
prominent, driven and weakened over 3f out
made all, driven clear over 3f out, impressive
pulled hard, in mid-division, headway to chase leaders halfway, under pressure over 3f out, stayed on to go 2nd 1f out, no chance with easy winner
tracked leaders, keen, effort over 2f out, weakened final furlong
mid-division, under pressure over 6f out, soon weakened
mid-division, weakened over 5f out
Test Pilot is a half-brother to staying chaser Red Rouble and definitely worth a second look in the betting given connections. Ravenhill Road won a point-to-point at Broughshane in May by 15 lengths and could be anything. Mister Whitaker was only headed inside the final furlong when second here last month and is another to consider but we'll give another chance to TEMPLE MAN. Malcolm Jefferson's four-year-old has a nice jumping pedigree and will have benefited from his third at Kelso when backed into odds-on. The Zamindar gelding Triangulate could be worth noting for future reference.
Cyrano Star (FR) Martaline gelding out of Quezac Du Boulay.
Mister Whitaker (IRE) 4-1 (10-12) Tracked leader, led 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Happy Hollow (11-8) at Market Rasen 2m 1f (6) gd in May.
Overtoujay 14-1 (11-2) Prominent, led over 4f out, headed over 2f out, no extra over 1f out, 5th of 10, 8 1/2l behind Machiato (11-2) at Newton Abbot 2m 1f mdn (6) gf in Jul.
Ravenhill Road (IRE) 4-5 (12-1) Ww, clsr 6th 6out, hdwy 3rd 4out, jmpd well, ld easily bef 2out, sn clr, sow going away, impsve, won at Broughshane 3m mdn gd in May beating Stingthebookies (11-10) by 15l, 8 ran.
Temple Man 4-5fav (11-2) Tracked leaders in 3rd, went 2nd halfway, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace in 3rd, 3rd of 6, 4l behind Tokaramore (10-9) at Kelso 2m (6) gd in Sep.
Test Pilot (IRE) Getaway gelding out of Chirouble.
Triangulate Zamindar gelding out of Heart Of Hearts.
Kristal Star 66-1 (10-0) Held up, bumped soon after start, well beaten final 4f, 12th of 13, 37 1/4l behind Bags Groove (11-4) at Huntingdon 1m 6f (6) gs in Jan.
Tara Time 8-1 (11-0) Held up in rear, headway 5f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 12, 25 1/4l behind Scorpio Queen (10-10) at Southwell 2m (6) gd in May.
