prominent, ridden before 4 out, mistake and weakened 2 out
tracked leaders, lost place 6th, well beaten before 4 out
prominent, led 4th, not fluent 8th, soon headed and weakened, pulled up before 4 out
mid-division, not fluent 3rd, in rear next, well behind before 4 out
led, not fluent 3rd, headed next, lost place briefly before 5th, well there again 7th, led after 8th, clear 3 out, mistake last, easily
held up in rear, not fluent 3rd, eased and pulled up before 5th
held up in rear, headway 4 out, went 3rd 2 out, no impression on winner, stayed on same pace
in touch in mid-division, closed 5th, went 2nd before 4 out, no impression on winner next
held up towards rear, headway before 5th, outpaced from 8th, well beaten 4 out, went 4th flat
A dire affair which makes limited appeal for betting purposes. Trojan Star is 1-18 over fences and turned in a shocker when favourite at Leicester last month. Millen Dollar Man was only beaten a short-head at Plumpton nine days ago but his record under Rules reads 1-30. Denny Kerrell is less exposed as he was having only his second start over fences when runner-up at Towcester last May and he’ll strip fitter for a recent outing over timber. GUSTAV was in contention for a long way in a slightly better race at Chepstow 10 days ago. He should be approaching peak fitness now so gets the nod.
Beni Light (FR) 20-1 (11-11) Chased leading pair, 2nd at 7th, lost 2nd 10th, chased leaders blundered badly and nearly unseated rider 4 out, tailed off when blundered badly 3 out, soon pulled up, at Taunton 2m 2f hcp (4) sft in Mar.
Holeinthewall Bar (IRE) 100-1 (11-13) Mid-division, weakened 11th, tailed off, blundered 2 out, 14th of 15, dist behind Zayfire Aramis (11-10) at Leicester 2m 4f hcp (4) sft in Jan.
Scrupuleux (FR) 33-1 (10-11) Pulled hard early, soon led and went clear, reduced lead 2nd, already headed and weakening when blundered 2 out, 7th of 9, dist behind Holdbacktheriver (11-7) at Exeter 2m 6f hcp (4) hvy in Apr.
Trojan Star (IRE) 7-4fav (11-7) Jumped right, led until before 4 out, weakened and not fluent 2 out, last of 5, dist behind Kilinakin (11-4) at Leicester 2m hcp (4) hvy in Mar.
Gustav (IRE) 11-2 (10-5) Held up, headway into 2nd at 6th, mistake 7th, every chance when not fluent 3 out, ridden hung left and lost 2nd before next, no extra, 3rd of 5, 15l behind Modeligo (11-1) at Chepstow 2m 3f hcp (4) hvy in Apr.
Denny Kerrell 8-1 (10-11) In rear, headway before 2 out, went 3rd before last, kept on run-in, 4th of 10, 7 1/2l behind Barney From Tyanee (11-10) at Wincanton 2m 4f hcp (5) sft in Mar.
St Merryn (IRE) 40-1 (10-10) Held up in touch on outside, reminder after 10th, soon behind, tailed off 4 out, pulled up before next, at Southwell 2m 4f hcp (4) sft in Feb.
Millen Dollar Man (IRE) 12-1 (10-5) In touch, mistake 4 out, headway next, led before 2 out, strongly challenged throughout run in, headed post, 2nd of 7, shd behind Brother Bennett (10-11) at Plumpton 2m 1f hcp (5) gs in Apr.
Moontripper 20-1 (10-0) Jumped left at times, held up in rear on outside, headway before 8th, challenged from 10th, led 12th, headed before 2 out, weakened approaching last, 5th of 8, 19 1/2l behind Bennys Girl (10-0) at Hereford 2m 5f hcp (5) sft in Mar.
