tracked leaders, weakened approaching 4 out, tailed off
held up towards rear, headway approaching 7th, chased winner from 4 out until last, soon ridden and weakened
held up towards rear, hit 4th, headway approaching 4 out, chased winner last until ridden and no extra last 50 yards
tracked leaders, blundered 2nd, lost place 5th, soon reminders, tailed off 8th
tracked winner until 4 out, soon weakened, tailed off
held up towards rear, headway approaching 7th,ridden after last, weakened 1f out
in touch, weakened from 7th, tailed off from 4 out
held up in rear, headway and going well approaching last, not much room on inside before elbow entering home straight, kept on well to take 2nd last 50 yards, not reach winner
made all, ridden 1f out, kept on well
SCHINKEN OTTO is the only horse in the field to have won last time and is our selection, whilst Troodos Jet, Star Tenor and Ice Image could play their part. Schinken Otto won really well over this trip at Sedgefield recently. With a mark only 6lbs higher today after that seven length victory we think that Schinken Otto can make it back-to-back wins. Troodos Jet has won a couple of times this year including a nice run at Carlisle when beating four horses including Star Tenor who also runs here. Star Tenor has won since being beaten by Troodos Jet but was fourty four lengths behind the winner in his last appearance. Ice Image has shown some improved form in his last two contests and lost out by just a nose at Hexham in his last run finishing behind Aruman. We expect an improvement again today and could run our selection really close. However, we stick with our original choice of Schinken Otto who put in a convincing performance last time and should run well here.
Schinken Otto (IRE) 9-2 (11-6) Tracked leaders, led after 2 out, stayed on well from last, won at Sedgefield 2m hcp chs 0-90 (5) gf in May beating Troodos Jet (11-2) by 7l, 10 ran.
Star Tenor (IRE) 5-1 (11-3) Held up towards rear, headway on outer approaching 10th, weakened 4 out, 4th of 9, 44l behind Persian Prince (10-5) at Sedgefield 2m 4f hcp chs 0-100 (4) gf in May.
Turbo Shandy 9-1 (10-12) Mid-division, effort 3 out, ridden next, no impression after last, 6th of 9, 14l behind Dunaskin (11-4) at Cartmel 2m 1f sell hdl (5) gd in May.
Flaming Heck 14-1 (9-10) Tracked leaders, outpaced approaching 4 out, ridden to chase leaders 3 out, weakened 2 out, 5th of 8, 31l behind Seeyaaj (11-1) at Perth 2m hcp chs 0-115 (4) gf in May.
Ice Image (IRE) 9-1 (10-3) Tracked leaders, led approaching last, ridden and headed last 100 yards, rallied and kept on gamely towards finish, just held, 2nd of 11, ns behind Arumun (11-1) at Hexham 2m hcp chs 0-105 (4) gf in May.
Troodos Jet 4-1fav (11-2) Held up in touch, tracked leaders approaching 6th, every chance 2 out, kept on same pace, always held by winner, 2nd of 10, 7l behind Schinken Otto (11-6) at Sedgefield 2m hcp chs 0-90 (5) gf in May.
Glengap (IRE) 9-1 (10-3) Held up towards rear, in touch approaching 3 out, weakened approaching last, 7th of 10, well behind Mountskip (10-10) at Hexham 2m Am nov hcp hdl (5) gf in May.
Bold Pioneer (USA) 8-1 (10-8) Raced wide, close up, not fluent 3rd, soon led, headed after 3 out, soon weakened, 9th of 10, 39l behind Authentic Act (9-11) at Sedgefield 2m 1f sell hcp hdl 0-95 (5) gf in May.
Crofton Arch 25-1 (10-0) Led until 9th, stayed close up until last, weakened flat, 3rd of 8, 16l behind Shulmin (10-0) at Cartmel 2m 5f hcp chs 0-100 (4) gd in May.
