led, headed 2 out, weakened last
chased leaders to halfway, soon behind, tailed off when pulled up before last
towards rear, headway to chase leaders 8th, outpaced after 3 out, rallied between last 2 to chase winner, stayed on well towards finish
mid-division, struggling 8th, rallied and effort after 3 out, soon no impression
held up in rear, fell 2nd
tracked leader, led 2 out, all out towards finish
mid-division weakened halfway, tailed off when pulled up before last
Lamool was due to run at Aintree last night and would collect a penalty if successful. He would be the form pick if taking part here, though has been best over fences in this country. LUCCOMBE DOWN was well beaten by Wolf Sword at Carlisle but the winner is useful. He's improving with experience and, over further here, could be good enough to open his account ahead of the one-paced Uncle Tone. Classic Palace won a point-to-point at Dungarvan in January and was third on her debut under Rules at Cartmel. She's preferred to penalised Sedgefield winner Heart O Annandale and another winning pointer Lowanbehold.
Heart O Annandale (IRE) 11-2 (11-6) Made all, clear before last, won at Sedgefield 3m 3f hcp hdl 0-100 (5) sft in May beating Blue Cove (10-0) by 13l, 8 ran.
Allycat 10-1 (10-9) Tracked leaders, reminders after 5th, pushed along before 7th, soon weakened, pulled up before 2 out, in a race won by Just A Normal Day (11-0) at Southwell 2m 4f NH mdn hdl (5) gd, 7 ran.
Lowanbehold (IRE) 4-9fav (12-0) Led til virt pu aft rdr lost iron 3 out; led app last; ro wl, won at Cumberland 3m ptp gd in May beating Border Flora (11-7) by 2 1/2l, 2 ran.
Luccombe Down 3-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders, ridden 3 out, kept on to go 2nd close home, no threat to easy winner, 2nd of 8, 9l behind Wolf Sword (10-12) at Carlisle 2m 3f nh nov hdl (4) gs in May.
Uncle Tone (IRE) 9-1 (10-13) Held up in touch in rear, not fluent 6th, headway next, well held from 3 out, 6th of 7, 20l behind Doctor Phoenix (11-8) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f nov hdl (4) sft in Mar.
Classic Palace (IRE) 9-1 (11-0) Led, headed last, ridden run-in, kept on same pace, 3rd of 9, 5l behind Western Home (11-0) at Cartmel 2m 6f mdn hdl (5) gd in May.
My Lady West (IRE) 100-1 (9-12) in a race won by Gold Futures (10-12) at Hexham 2m 4f nov chs (4) gd, 10 ran.
Lamool (GER) 7-1 (11-0) Held up in rear, headway after 4 out, stayed on flat, went 3rd close home, unable to challenge, 3rd of 10, 3l behind Bear's Affair (11-5) at Aintree 3m 1f hcp chs (2) gd in May.
