held up towards rear, headway over 6f out, soon chased leaders, led inside final furlong, kept on
chased leaders, pushed along and weakened over 9f out, tailed off
led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
tracked leaders, weakened over 3f out
held up mid-division, headway over 8f out to chase leaders, weakened over 6f out
chased leaders, weakened over 7f out, tailed off
mid-division, reminders after 4f out, tailed off before halfway, pulled up
tracked leader, pushed along over 3f out, kept on inside final furlong
held up mid-division and keen, weakened over 4f out
held up mid-division and keen, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
mid-division, went 4th over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
always towards rear, reminders over 9f out, tailed off and pulled up over 8f out
DIAMOND FORT made his debut under Rules here and finished a respectable fourth in a similar bumper. He may well prove good enough with normal progress. Aspergillum was still beaten a long way when third at Market Rasen but is preferred to Midnight Jitterbug and Midnight Chill while Cresswell Legend, Searching For Gold and Agamemmon are all point-to-point winners worthy of a second glance. Linenhall is a half-brother to winners over hurdles and another to keep an eye on.
Agamemmon (IRE) 4-7fav (10-7) Led to 2; lft 2nd 4 out; led aft 2 out; comf, won at Milborne St Andrew 2m 4f mdn gd in Mar beating Boygojumping (10-7) by 8l, 7 ran.
Aspergillum 5-1 (10-10) Tracked leaders, went 2nd 8f out until 5f out, outpaced and well held by front pair final 3f, 3rd of 6, 13l behind Christmas In April (10-10) at Market Rasen 2m 1f (6) gd in May.
Cheltenam De Vaige (FR) 20-1 (10-8) Tracked leader, led 4f out, headed over 3f out, soon lost place, 12th of 15, 36 3/4l behind Sir Antony Browne (10-8) at Kempton 2m mdn (5) sft in Feb.
Cresswell Legend 4-1 (11-9) Mostly ld, ld 1/2way, hdd & 3rd bef 3out, gd prog to regain adv bef last, ko best, won at Ballysteen 3m mdn gd in Apr beating Kings Line (11-9) by 2l, 13 ran.
Diamond Fort (IRE) 25-1 (11-4) Tracked leaders, on outside, ridden and challenged 3f out, every chance over 1f out, no extra and lost 3rd towards finish, 4th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Bengali Song (11-4) at Southwell 2m mdn (6) gd in Oct.
Geneva Trumpet Virtual gelding out of Quotation.
Glenlyon 22-1 (10-7) Tracked leaders, outpaced 4f out, well beaten over 2f out, 12th of 14, dist behind Ridgeway Flyer (11-0) at Ludlow 2m (4) gd in Mar.
Hopkinstown Boy (IRE) 66-1 (11-10) Behind and outpaced, pulled up over 4f out, at Worcester 2m (5) gd in Oct.
Linenhall (IRE) Stowaway gelding out of Option.
Midnight Chill 9-1 (10-12) Tracked front pair, tried to squeeze through to challenge over 2f out, soon ridden and lost place, no impression with front trio from over 1f out, 4th of 5, 12 1/2l behind Cougar's Gold (11-2) at Market Rasen 2m 1f (6) gd in May.
Midnight Jitterbug 12-1 (10-7) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 4th of 9, 16 1/4l behind Snow Leopardess (10-0) at Doncaster 2m 1f (6) gd in Feb.
Searching For Gold (IRE) 5-2 (11-10) Chsd ldrs, 3rd 1/2way & cl 2nd aftr 3out, ld bef 2out & 3l adv gng best when lft further clr last, sow, won at Ballindenisk 3m mdn gs in May beating Monkey Puzzle (11-10) by 5l, 15 ran.
Smithstown (IRE) Bushranger gelding out of Pink Sovietstaia.
Three Mmm's 25-1 (10-9) Chased leaders to over 6f out, soon tailed off and pulled up, at Southwell 2m (6) gd in May.
