held up in last pair, headway when mistake 4 out, soon driven and one pace, never reached leaders, weakened before last
tracked leaders, driven before 4 out, soon ridden and lost place, behind from 2 out, tailed off
tracked leaders, led 4 out, clear next, soon ridden, unchallenged after, stayed on well, easily
led, headed 4 out, driven and unable to go with easy winner before next, no chance after, just held on for modest 2nd near finish
held up in last pair, ridden before 3 out, soon one pace, stayed on under pressure after last, just held for modest 2nd near finish, no chance with easy winner
pressed leader, pushed along before 4 out, soon ridden, no chance with easy winner before next, 4th and weakened closing stages
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With a career strike-rate of just 1-35, Definately Vinnie has become expensive to follow. Tudors Treasure won twice at Exeter in the spring but returns to action off a 7lb higher mark. Lac Sacre and Cruising Bye are previous course winners but so is CONAS TAOI (NAP), who is likely to be staying on when others have cried enough. The latter is still 6lb higher than when scoring over 3m2f at Carlisle in February but will be all the better for last month’s third at Hereford.
Alberto's Dream 8-1 (11-12) Held up towards rear, hampered 8th, headway chasing leaders before 12th, 3rd briefly 5 out, after nextweakened out, 5th of 10, 22 3/4l behind Newtown Lad (11-10) at Chepstow 3m hcp (4) gs in Mar.
Frankly Speaking 10-1 (11-4) Held up in touch, pushed along after 5 out, went 3rd after next, soon ridden, chased winner 2 out, 1 length down when blundered badly last, no impression after, just held on for 2nd, 2nd of 9, 8l behind Horatio Hornblower (11-12) at Ffos Las 3m hcp (4) sft in Nov.
Lac Sacre (FR) 5-2fav (11-1) Chased leaders, reminder after 12th, no impression on winner before 4 out, went 2nd after 3 out, 2nd of 4, 25l behind Bob Ford (11-9) at Uttoxeter 3m hcp (4) hvy in Nov.
Tudors Treasure 11-4fav (11-9) Led until after 4th, led 6th, headed after 7th, led next, headed after 11th, jumped right 3 out and 2 out, led again last, stayed on, won at Exeter 2m 3f hcp (5) gs in Apr beating Kingston Mimosa (10-1) by 1l, 10 ran.
Cruising Bye 18-1 (11-8) Soon led, headed 10th, weakened 5 out, behind when pulled up before 2 out, at Ffos Las 3m hcp (5) sft in Nov.
Conas Taoi (IRE) 9-1 (10-10) Tracked leaders, led 3 out, headed before 2 out, no impression on winner last, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 11, 8 1/2l behind Hard To Forget (11-10) at Hereford 3m 1f hcp (4) sft in Nov.
Definately Vinnie 5-2 (11-6) Mid-division, jumped right, headway 5 out, chased leader next, led before 2 out, headed after last, kept on under pressure, 2nd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Truckers Cailin (10-12) at Ffos Las 3m 1f hcp (5) hvy in Nov.
