held up in touch towards rear, 5th before 11th, weakened 13th, pulled up after
led until 2nd, led 7th, soon headed, mistake 10th, lost place and outpaced when mistake 11th, hampered 12th, plugged on into 3rd 2 out, no impression, demoted to 4th close home
tracked leaders, took keen hold, led 5th until 7th, disputing 3 lengths 3rd when fell 12th
always prominent, led 2nd, headed 5th, ridden approaching 11th, outpaced by winner before 2 out, stayed on same pace
tracked leaders, closed 7th, soon led, in command from 2 out, eased towards finish
mistakes 6th, 7th and 12th, always behind, tailed off
held up, jumped right at times, headway 9th, ridden approaching 11th, outpaced by leaders from next, 4th 2 out, got up to grab 3rd close home
OLD SI has joined a new yard since winning at Limerick last April. He should be straight enough after a couple of starts in point-to-points and gets the vote. Power Shared was also placed in a point-to-point recently but hasn't jumped regulation fences since 2010 and Spellchecker makes more appeal despite a disappointing effort last time. Karasakal won a similar contest last year and could figure along with last April's Ascot runner-up Sovereign King, but What Of It and Island Life are harder to fancy.
Old Si (IRE) 7-4 (12-5) Keen in rr; went 2nd 15; led 3 out; rdn & no ex flat, 3rd of 5, 4 1/2l behind Star Double (12-5) at Higham 3m ptp gf in Jan.
Power Shared (IRE) 10-1 (11-0) Held up; ev ch last; wknd flat, 3rd of 12, 5l behind Quedillac (11-0) at Ston Easton 3m ptp gs in Feb.
Spellchecker (IRE) 3-1 (11-11) Took keen hold, soon held up in last pair, headway approaching 3 out, in touch disputing 5th when blundered 2 out, soon no extra, 6th of 9, 14l behind Inverlochy Lad (11-3) at Kelso 2m 6f hts chs (6) gd.
What Of It (IRE) 20-1 (11-9) Held up towards rear on inside, headway and in touch halfway, 5th and outpaced 19th, weakened 3 out, soon pulled up, in a race won by Bradley (11-7) at Sandown 3m am chs 0-130 (3) gd in Feb, 10 ran.
Island Life (IRE) 40-1 (11-5) Held up in touch, ridden after 5 out, soon weakened, 8th of 11, 30l behind Divine Intavention (12-1) at Ludlow 3m hts chs (6) gd.
Karasakal (IRE) 7-4 (12-5) Led 5 til hdd last; no ex flat, 2nd of 5, 3l behind Menelaus (12-5) at Dunthrop 3m ptp gd in Jan.
Sovereign King 9-1 (11-9) Held up, not fluent 1st, headway 6th, struggling 12th, pulled up before 15th, in a race won by The Polomoche (11-13) at Huntingdon 3m hts chs (6) gs in Feb, 8 ran.
