raced wide in touch, ridden before 2 out, headway to chase clear winner bend approaching last, kept on same pace
held up, headway 3 out, soon ridden, no impression from next
pulled hard soon led, hit and jumped right 3 out, ridden and headed next, soon weakened
tracked leader until 5th, ridden and weakened next, tailed off
tracked leaders, led 2 out, ridden clear approaching last, stayed on
in touch, ridden 4 out, weakened next, tailed off when pulled up last
tracked leaders, ridden 2 out, kept on same pace
in rear, slow 2nd, tailed off when jumped right 4th, blundered next soon pulled up
Song For Someone won in France and was just caught by useful early-season juvenile Elysees at Ludlow on his UK debut. He will probably take all the beating but Mick Channon puts two up against the likely favourite. Banksy's Art has hinted at ability in a couple of runs but hurdling debutant WESTBROOK BERTIE makes more appeal. A winner over 1m2f at Salisbury in the spring, he usually raced prominently on the Flat so this sharp track should suit. For Pleasure finished ahead of Highland Bobby at Catterick and The Lincoln Lawyer has also shown enough to get involved in the finish.
Song For Someone (GER) 4-1 (11-4) Chased leader, led 5th, going well before 3 out, still 3 lengths ahead next, 2 lengths clear last, hard ridden run-in, headed and no extra towards finish, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind Elysees (11-4) at Ludlow 2m (4) gd in Nov.
Banksy's Art 12-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders, went 2nd after 3rd, led narrowly before 3 out, headed before next, no chance with front trio between last 2, 4th of 11, 25 1/2l behind Fanfan Du Seuil (11-4) at Exeter 2m 1f (4) gs in Nov.
For Pleasure (IRE) 8-1 (10-12) Led, clear after 3rd, ridden and reduced advantage after 2 out, headed before last, no extra in clear 3rd flat, 3rd of 11, 7 1/2l behind Travel Lightly (10-5) at Catterick 2m (4) gd in Nov.
Highland Bobby 22-1 (10-12) Not fluent 1st, raced keenly, tracked clear leader and clear of rest after 3rd, lost place well after 3 out, left modest 4th briefly when hampered next, soon weakened, 6th of 11, dist behind Travel Lightly (10-5) at Catterick 2m (4) gd in Nov.
San Seb (GER) 12-1 (10-12) Prominent, led 4f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 16, 22l behind Cascova (10-12) at Huntingdon 1m 6f (5) gd in Nov.
The Lincoln Lawyer 5-1 (10-12) Towards rear, headway and hit 4 out, pushed along chasing leaders after next, went modest 3rd run-in, 3rd of 10, 3 1/4l behind Tazka (10-5) at Fontwell 2m 2f (4) gs in Nov.
Westbrook Bertie 12-1 (9-7) Tracked leader, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 12, 3 1/4l behind Lopes Dancer (9-7) at Redcar 1m 6f hcp (5) sft in Nov.
Elusivevision (IRE) 100-1 (10-5) Tailed off throughout, last of 7, dist behind Katpoli (10-12) at Huntingdon 2m (4) gd in Nov.
Thunderhooves 100-1 (10-7) In rear, not fluent 4th, well behind from next, tailed off, 9th of 10, dist behind Cervaro Mix (11-8) at Huntingdon 2m mdn (4) gd in Nov.
