raced keenly, made most until 2f out, soon beaten, one pace
pressed leader, raced keenly, lost 2nd over 2f out, soon beaten, one pace
prominent early, tracked leaders, pushed along 6f out weakened over 4f out
held up in touch on inside, switched left over 3f out, led 2f out, clear final furlong, stayed on
held up in touch on outside, outpaced over 4f out, weakened over 3f out
HUELGOAT is hard to oppose. The import was a convincing winner of a French National Hunt Flat race last October and seems to have been found an ideal opportunity to get off the mark on his first start for the champion trainer elect. The 7lb claim of highly promising Angus Cheleda is an added bonus. Deep Inferno and Dr Gamble have been well beaten on their respective outings to date, whereas Come Dancing, despite finishing totally tailed off last time, did show some promise on his Kempton bumper debut, so is nominated as next best. The market should prove the best guide to Tim Vaughan's newcomer, Colonial Empire, a son of Zoffany.
Huelgoat (FR) (0-0) won at Paray-Le-Monial 1m 4f in Oct beating Happy Dede (0-0) by 10l, 10 ran.
Deep Inferno (IRE) 100-1 (11-0) Towards rear, pushed before halfway, some late headway, 5th of 9, dist behind Le Bateau (11-0) at Ludlow 1m 6f (4) sft in Dec.
Dr Gamble 18-1 (11-2) Held up in rear, headway on outside back straight, ridden before home turn, weakened quickly turning for home, soon tailed off, 8th of 9, dist behind Sidewaysinmilan (11-2) at Warwick 2m mdn (5) gd in Mar.
Colonial Empire Zoffany gelding out of Susan Stroman.
Come Dancing (IRE) 40-1 (10-8) In touch, lost place 7f out, soon behind, tailed off, last of 16, dist behind Hidor De Bersy (10-8) at Huntingdon 2m (5) gs in Mar.
