chased leader until not fluent 3rd, led before 2 out, stayed on
pulled hard, mid-division, not fluent 2nd, headway when carried left 3 out, went 2nd before not fluent last, hung right flat, held and switched left towards finish
held up in rear, took keen hold, headway to chase leader 3rd, carried left 3 out, held in 3rd last, kept on
chased leaders, not fluent 3 out, soon weakened
always behind, tailed off from 5th
in rear, mistake and well behind 3 out, soon pulled up
raced keenly, mid-division, not fluent 2nd, mistake 5th, effort after 3 out, hung right after 2 out, mistake last, weakened flat
jumped left, led, not fluent 1st, went clear until before 4th, headed and weakening when mistake 2 out
Songo has won four of his seven starts on the Flat so could be interesting of taking to hurdles but this may end up a straight match between Leroy Leroy and AJERO. The former easily won a Southwell maiden after a couple of seconds in novice company and is proving more consistent than on the Flat but Kim Bailey’s hurdling newcomer was an eye-catcher in a strong bumper at Thurles on his racecourse debut and is a half-brother to the stable’s Grade 2 winner Charbel.
Leroy Leroy 7-4 (10-12) Bit keen early, tracked leading pair, led before 2 out, soon clear, easily, won at Southwell 2m mdn (4) gd in Sep beating Pink Sheets (10-5) by 8l, 7 ran.
Ajero (IRE) 10-1 (11-13) A little keen, waited with, 9th after halfway, 7th approaching straight, soon headway travelling smoothly, pushed along and kept on without matching front pair from under 2f out, 3rd of 13, 5 3/4l behind Favori De Champdou (11-13) at Thurles 2m Good - Yielding in Feb.
Doukarov (FR) 22-1 (9-13) Soon led, headed over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 13, dist behind Supakalanistic (9-13) at Chepstow 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gd in Sep.
Handsome Samson 150-1 (10-0) Towards rear, outpaced 3f out, 10th of 12, 25 1/2l behind Almighwar (9-9) at Kempton 1m 4f stks (5) pol in Jul.
Orbit Of Iolite 300-1 (10-7) Towards rear, driven 10f out, behind final 5f, tailed off, 12th of 13, dist behind Stokes (11-2) at Wolverhampton 2m 1f (5) pol in Feb.
Pointed Spear (IRE) 50-1 (11-0) In touch in rear, weakened over 3f out, 5th of 7, 36 1/4l behind Fifrelet (11-0) at Warwick 2m (5) hvy in Dec.
Songo (IRE) 9-2jfav (9-3) Held up in last pair, headway on outside over 1f out, kept on into modest 5th towards finish, 5th of 11, 4 3/4l behind Croeso Cymraeg (9-6) at Goodwood 1m 3f hcp (5) gd in Sep.
Just Once 33-1 (10-5) Tracked winner 2nd, went left 4 out, pushed along after next, weakened 2 out, finished tired, 5th of 9, 37l behind Hasanabad (10-12) at Southwell 2m mdn (4) gd in Sep.
