close up in rear, went 3rd 5 out, pushed along next, every chance from 3 out, ridden to lead narrowly at last, soon hung right, ridden and ran on
led, ridden and joined 2 out, headed narrowly last, ran on
tracked leaders, went 2nd 4th, ridden and joined leader 3 out, no extra towards finish
tracked leader until 4th, tracked leaders until 5 out, soon lost place, weakened 3 out, tailed off
Hercules Morse won nicely at Ffos Las back in January when beating a subsequent winner. He should go close again but Olly Murphy’s yard remains in fine form and SPACE VOYAGE is taken to land a hat-trick having already defied a penalty when scoring at Huntingdon last time. Ajp Kingdom was still beaten a long way when second at Kempton on his hurdling debut while Guy can race off a 7lb lower mark back over the smaller obstacles having looked pretty exposed over fences.
Space Voyage 5-2 (11-5) Held up in rear, headway 6th, chased leaders 3 out, ridden to challenge when left in lead 2 out, jumped right last, kept on flat, won at Huntingdon 2m 5f (4) sft in Mar beating Soldier Of Destiny (11-5) by 1 1/4l, 7 ran.
Ajp Kingdom (IRE) 17-2 (11-0) Chased leaders, lost place after 2nd, pushed along after 4th, not fluent and reminders 3 out, stayed on approaching 2 out where again not fluent, went 2nd flat, no chance with winner, 2nd of 6, 14l behind Twig (11-0) at Kempton 2m 5f (4) gs in Nov.
Guy (IRE) 6-1 (11-10) Chased leaders on inside, pushed along home turn, plugged on in well held 3rd, weakened into 4th at the last, 4th of 11, 7 3/4l behind Lieutenant Rocco (11-6) at Kempton 2m 4f hcp (3) gd in Feb.
Hill Of Tara 12-1 (11-9) Towards rear, not fluent 6th, headway after 7th, weakened before 3 out, tailed off, 6th of 13, dist behind Rambo T (11-9) at Chepstow 2m 3f mdn (4) gs in Feb.
Hercules Morse 10-3 (11-10) Led after 1st, pushed along and joined 3 out, ridden when hit 2 out, pressed last, asserted run in, won at Ffos Las 2m 4f mdn (4) sft in Jan beating Uncle Bert (11-10) by 2 3/4l, 13 ran.
