tracked leaders early, soon settled in rear, in touch, went 2nd over 5f out, led on bit over 2f out, shaken up to go clear over 1f out, eased inside final furlong
led early, tracked leaders and keen, weakened well over 1f out
in rear, soon tracked leader, led over 6f out, ridden 3f out, headed over 2f out, kept on, no chance with winner
soon led, took keen hold, headed over 6f out, soon reminders, quickly lost place, tailed off
This is a lot trickier than it looks at first glance. Kavaloti and GREMLIN stand out at the weights but the former has shown nothing on the Flat or over hurdles so far this year and the latter is returning from a lengthy lay-off. Nevertheless, Ron Harris' charge does have the best form and if ready to strike on his reappearance he should take care of today's rivals. New Den can figure back on the level after a couple of poor efforts over timber, but Acropolis and Sevivon look up against it.
Acropolis (IRE) 16-1 (8-4) Tracked leaders and keen, soon settled mid-division, ridden over 1f out, one pace, 6th of 10, 6l behind Storm Hawk (8-13) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Gremlin 12-1 (9-1) Tracked leader until over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 9th of 12, 29l behind Satwa Gold (9-5) at Newbury 2m hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Apr.
Kavaloti (IRE) 25-1 (9-7) Held up towards rear, weakened over 4f out, last of 6, 36l behind Exemplary (9-4) at Wolverhampton 2m hcap (4) pol in Jan.
New Den 4-1 (9-3) Led, ridden and headed 3f out, weakened 2f out, 5th of 6, 14l behind Money Money Money (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.
Sevivon 40-1 (9-6) Prominent, took keen hold, ridden and weakened over 2f out, tailed off, last of 7, well behind Futurism (8-8) at Kempton 1m 2f mdn auc stks (5) pol.