held up towards rear, ridden in midfield turning for home, off the pace over 1f out, ran on strongly close home
midfield, chased leader circuit to run, ridden to lead narrowly home straight, headed over 1f out, no extra
restrained in rear, headway when ridden turning for home, stayed on to lead over 1f out, kept on
midfield, close up circuit to run, ridden and weakened turning for home
led, jinked left and unseated rider on home straight first circuit
tracked leader, left in lead on home straight with over a circuit to run, headed home straight, still in touch over 1f out, faded final furlong
midfield, ridden end of back straight, relegated to rear turning for home, weakened and eased over 1f out
I Hope Star impressed on his winning bumper debut in January 2020 but hasn't shown similar ability on subsequent starts after a 343-day break. However, this is not the strongest of races and hopefully he can get back on track with an improved effort. Independence, not been beaten at all far on either start, looks a leading player if transferring his form on an artificial surface to turf. Nevertheless, let's hope SECOND SUBALTERN (NAP) is primed after a 235-day break. He showed real promise on both starts last year for Sam Curling at Aintree and especially Tipperary, A performance close to that Irish effort would make him hard to beat on debut for Thomas Gallagher.
Barrowmount (IRE) 11-1 (11-2) Midfield, towards rear end of back straight, ridden turning for home, raced towards far side home straight, one pace, 5th of 7, 32 3/4l behind Coronado Joe (11-2) at Fontwell 2m 2f (5) hvy in Feb.
Cobbs Corner (IRE) 18-1 (11-4) Held up in 6th, ridden and outpaced turning in, soon weakened, 7th of 9, 36l behind Shallwehaveonemore (10-11) at Kempton 2m mdn (5) gd in Mar.
Independence (USA) 11-2 (11-3) Chased leaders, switched right and went 2nd over 3f out, lost 2nd just over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 4 3/4l behind Socks Off (10-7) at Lingfield 2m mdn (5) pol in Feb.
Jimmy Mac 250-1 (10-7) Mid-division, ridden and weakened 7f out, well tailed off, last of 15, dist behind Third Time Lucki (11-11) at Huntingdon 2m (5) sft in Jan.
Second Subaltern (USA) 6-1 (11-9) Chased leaders and ran freely early, 3rd halfway, ridden to dispute entering straight, narrowly headed 2f out, no extra in 2nd inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 2nd of 12, 2 3/4l behind Mr Jackman (11-9) at Tipperary 2m Yielding in Jul.
Daany (IRE) 66-1 (10-10) Towards rear, ridden before home turn, one pace home straight, 9th of 12, dist behind Go Dante (11-4) at Wincanton 1m 7f mdn (5) sft in Mar.
Who's Zoomin Who 125-1 (10-9) Prominent, pushed along and weakened 5f out, 9th of 10, dist behind Doddiethegreat (11-9) at Huntingdon 2m (5) gs in Mar.
I Hope Star (IRE) 9-1 (11-11) In touch on outside, went 2nd over 4f out, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 8 3/4l behind Galore Desassences (11-4) at Kempton 2m (5) pol in Feb.
