towards rear, ridden 3 out, chased leaders and weakened flat
tracked leaders, lost place halfway, outpaced 4 out, soon ridden and kept on from 2 out to challenge last, driven and led run in
always well behind
mid-division, headway 4 out to track leaders, ridden 2 out, soon outpaced
mid-division, ridden and every chance from 2 out, driven and weakened flat
tracked leaders, reminders after 4th, driven and weakened quickly, pulled up before 7th
tracked leaders, ridden 3 out, no impression until good late headway flat
towards rear, chased leaders 3 out, ridden and kept on one pace
mid-division, every chance after 3 out, ridden and soon weakened
mid-division, prominent 4 out, soon led, ridden 2 out, headed next, no extra flat
led until headed after 4th, soon ridden and gradually weakened
Nonrunner
The 10-year-old Fortunate Dave faces no easy task under a penalty for his narrow success over Pasagai at Market Rasen last week and a better bet looks to be another runner under a penalty, MARKINGTON, who gets the vote ahead of Political Paddy. The last mentioned won well enough here last month and he has to be respected having been raised just 3lbs for that success but the field were closely bunched at the end of the race that day and the form may not amount to a great deal. Peter Monteith's Signalman has been well held in his last couple of starts over hurdles and again on the flat at Hamilton earlier this month and he may be a shade high in the weights at present. Karen McLintock's Run Forest Run has more to do off an 8lb higher mark than when successful at Sedgefield last month and of more interest may be Micky Hammond's Industrial Star. The eight-year-old is in good form at present having won his last two starts and a 5lb rise for the latest of them at Market Rasen is perfectly fair. Preference though is for Peter Bowen's Markington, who improved dramatically from his reappearance run at Huntingdon last month when winning well at Newton Abbot last week and he can defy the penalty for that success.
Signalman 33-1 (11-8) Held up in rear, ridden after 4 out, soon weakened, last of 8, well behind Alfie Flits (11-11) at Haydock 2m nov hdl G2 (1) gd in Jan.
Corkage (IRE) 10-1 (11-11) Tracked leader, ridden approaching 3 out, weakened from next, 7th of 10, 10l behind Political Paddy (11-2) at Kelso 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-130 (3) gd in Apr.
Bohemian Spirit (IRE) 11-2 (10-13) Chased leaders until lost place after 9th, hit 4 out, rallied to go 2nd soon after 2 out, never any chance with very easy winner, 2nd of 8, 12l behind Saintsaire (10-11) at Newbury 2m 1f hcp chs 0-145 (2) sft in Dec '07.
Political Paddy 14-1 (11-2) Mid-division, ridden to chase leaders approaching 3 out, every chance last, driven and led flat, won at Kelso 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-130 (3) gd in Apr beating Scale Bank (11-2) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.
River Alder 28-1 (11-1) In rear, outpaced halfway, struggling when mistake 4 out, rallied next, soon weakened, 10th of 11, 38l behind Elzahann (10-11) at Ayr 3m hcp hdl (2) gd in Apr.
Industrial Star (IRE) 2-1 (11-2) Made all, pushed along approaching 8th, under pressure last, kept on, won at Market Rasen 3m hcp hdl 0-120 (3) gd in Apr beating Laborec (11-5) by 1 3/4l, 6 ran.
Markington 9-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, led 3 out, soon clear, easily, won at Newton Abbot 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gf beating Beshairt (11-0) by 23l, 8 ran.
It's A Roofer (IRE) 16-1 (11-8) Held up, headway 7th, chased leaders 2 out, driven and one pace flat, 3rd of 11, 9l behind Run Forest Run (10-5) at Sedgefield 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gf in Apr.
Leith Walk (IRE) 50-1 (9-13) Raced keenly, held up, ridden 2 out, kept on same pace, never near leaders, 4th of 11, 14l behind Glencree (11-6) at Hexham 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) gf in Apr.
Run Forest Run (IRE) 9-2fav (10-5) In touch, led approaching 2 out, driven out, won at Sedgefield 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gf in Apr beating Teviot Lass (9-9) by 1 3/4l, 11 ran.
Maidstone Mixture (FR) 14-1 (10-9) Tracked leaders, outpaced 3 out, one pace when hit next, 5th of 13, 26l behind Mr Woods (11-5) at Perth 3m nov hcp 0-115 (4) gd in Apr.
Fortunate Dave (USA) 5-1 (10-8) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead after last, stayed on well, won at Market Rasen 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gd beating Pasagai (10-13) by 1 3/4l, 13 ran.
