led, headed approaching 4th, ridden after 2 out, kept on, no chance with winner
held up in touch, mistake 4th, soon lost place, hit next, pulled up before 6th
tracked leader, led approaching 4th, clear approaching 4 out, kept on well
tracked leaders, weakened approaching 2 out
held up in rear, lost place approaching 6th, tailed off
held up in touch, headway to chase leaders approaching 4 out, not fluent next, one pace, no impression
Nonrunner
The day's feature event can go to the in-form Peter Monteith courtesy of Polyphon, with Nifty Roy, Cyborg De Sou, Sands Rising and The Names Bond all making for an interesting contest. Polyphon had been placed on three occasions at Ayr and it was no surprise when he came good here 12 days ago, beating Ton-Chee quite easily in the end. That made up for a couple of earlier near-misses, and despite a seven-pound penalty he should once again make a bold bid with conditions in his favour. In addition, Graham Lee, who has ridden him to two of his three career victories, is back in the saddle, and that can only add to our confidence in him. Nifty Roy got no further than the first at Kelso four days ago, but was ridden to perfection by Doug Costello over the course-and-distance the time before, so is a danger off his light weight. Cyborg De Sou is capable and is fairly handicapped on what he showed two years ago, while Sands Rising always seems to be on the premises without quite being good enough. The Names Bond bombed out badly on his first visit here in January and has to put that behind him to figure, but with no doubts about Polyphon, he has cast-iron claims of following up.
Show Me The River 5-1 (11-4) Led to 5th, chased winner, effort 2 out, soon ridden, kept on same pace, 2nd of 6, 2 1/2l behind Coat of Honour (11-4) at Wetherby 2m beg chs (D) sft in Dec.
Cyborg De Sou (FR) 6-1 (11-6) Held up, headway after 3 out, went 3rd 2 out, ridden and kept on, one pace, 3rd of 9, 5l behind Magico (11-4) at Huntingdon 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-115 (3) gd in Feb.
Polyphon (FR) 3-1 (11-12) Chased leader, led 7th, clear from 3 out, won at Ayr 2m hcp chs 0-105 (4) sft beating Ton-Chee (11-8) by 13l, 5 ran.
The Names Bond 2-1fav (11-5) Tracked leaders, ridden 4 out, soon weakened, last of 7, 29l behind Merryvale Man (10-1) at Ayr 2m hcp hdl 0-115 (4) sft in Jan.
Sands Rising 11-2 (10-2) In rear, mistake 2nd, chased leaders 4 out, one pace, 3rd of 6, 23l behind Brave Thought (10-11) at Newcastle 2m hcp chs 0-130 (3) hvy in Feb.
Nifty Roy 4-1fav (9-11) unseated rider in race won by Seeyaaj (10-2) at Kelso 2m 1f hcp chs 0-120 (3) gs, 10 ran.
Ambition Royal (FR) 13-2 (11-3) Tracked leader, weakened 4 out, 3rd of 7, 25l behind Hollows Mill (11-4) at Carlisle 2m hcp chs 0-105 (4) hvy.
