led, ridden and headed 3 out, soon weakened,
held up, headway on inside approaching 3 out, every chance when not fluent next, ridden and hung right, outpaced approaching last, stayed on towards finish
tracked leaders, mistake 6th, ridden to go 2nd next, led narrowly 3 out, headed next, kept on same pace under pressure flat
raced keenly, tracked leader, lost place 7th, weakened 3 out
chased leaders, reminders 5th, lost place approaching 3 out, soon weakened
held up in rear, headway 4 out, led 2 out, ridden and hung badly left approaching last, kept on flat
Laureldean Melody can improve from her run at Aintree last month and land this at the expense of Isaac Newton and Golden Snoopy. The selection was third in an eighteen runner field on her latest start and we feel has less opposition here in both the way of runners and competitiveness. She is still only lightly raced and with that in mind she should be still open to further improvement. Isaac Newton runs off the same mark after winning a selling hurdle over course and distance recently. She can enter the frame once again but this race does look stiffer. Golden Snoopy is now eleven years old but is still only lightly raced. He is still a maiden but has been running well in defeat recently so is given respect, but for the winner we return to Laureldean Melody.
The Hedge (IRE) 5-1 (10-11) Tracked leader in moderate 2nd, no impression from 4 out, soon weakened, 7th of 17, more than 20l behind Shot Of The Day (11-3) at Tralee 2m 4f hacp hdl gd in May.
Laureldean Melody (IRE) 18-1 (10-13) Held up in rear, headway 8th, every chance 3 out, switched right approaching last where mistake, one pace flat, 3rd of 18, 6l behind Romping Home (11-12) at Aintree 2m 4f mrs hcp hdl (4) gd in May.
Isaac Newton (IRE) 3-1 (10-7) Held up, pushed along 6th, headway 4 out, ridden to lead between last 2, stayed on under pressure flat, just held on, won at Wetherby 2m 3f sll hdl (5) gf in May beating Wotchalike (11-12) by a shd, 8 ran.
Royal Game 8-1 (10-2) In touch, headway 5th, outpaced 2 out, 5th of 11, 10l behind Sir Quigley (11-5) at Hexham 2m amt nov hcp hdl (5) gf in May.
Ben Tirran 14-1 (10-2) Towards rear when unseated rider at the 3rd in race won by Cybora (11-10) at Cartmel 2m 6f nov hcp hdl 0-95 (5) gd in May, 14 ran.
Golden Snoopy (IRE) 14-1 (9-11) Held up, headway 8th, one pace, 3rd of 14, 5l behind Cybora (11-10) at Cartmel 2m 6f nov hcp hdl 0-95 (5) gd in May.
