tracked winner until mistake and fell 8th
tracked leaders, left 2nd 8th, ridden 2 out, kept on one pace
made all, not fluent 9th and 2 out, ridden out
close up in rear, left 3rd at 8th, ridden and mistake 2 out, kept on same pace
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Nicky Henderson runs the promising ALLART in a Grade 2 which carries his name and the seven-year-old is expected to defy a penalty picked up when he made a winning start over fences at this level at Ascot, beating the useful Fiddlerontheroof. He’ll be a short price, however, and this is no straightforward task on the ground with Silver Hallmark closely matched on a line through Fiddlerontheroof and Marown having only tasted defeat once in five career starts and that was over an inadequate 2m on his reappearance. Empire Steel needs 3m while Galahad Quest has little chance on what he’s shown so far.
Allart (IRE) 5-2 (11-0) Held up towards rear, hit 6th, headway to to chase leaders 4 out, driven before last, upsides last, led flat, ran on, won at Ascot 2m 3f (1) sft in Dec beating Fiddlerontheroof (11-0) by 2 3/4l, 5 ran.
Marown (IRE) 6-5fav (11-0) Raced wide, tracked leader, challenged going well 3 out, led soon after, clear before next, stayed on strongly, won at Ayr 2m 4f (4) hvy in Dec beating Port Of Mars (11-0) by 4l, 4 ran.
Silver Hallmark 12-1 (11-2) Chased leader in 2nd, pressed leader 4 out, led narrowly 2 out and last, kept on strongly but headed final strides, 2nd of 6, hd behind Fiddlerontheroof (11-2) at Exeter 2m 3f (3) gs in Nov.
Galahad Quest (FR) 18-1 (10-10) Last pair, hit 5th, always behind, 9th of 10, 32 1/2l behind Killer Clown (10-5) at Kempton 2m 4f hcp (3) gs in Dec.
Empire Steel (IRE) 11-10fav (11-4) Prominent, close up 13th, not fluent 4 out, led briefly before 2 out, upsides last, stayed on but could not match winner, 2nd of 6, nk behind Hear No Evil (11-4) at Ayr 3m (3) hvy in Nov.
