held up, smooth headway on outside to challenge 3f out, ridden and headed final furlong, could not match pace of leader final 100 yards
held up, headway under pressure to press leaders 2f out, soon outpaced and weakened quickly
led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong
handy, pushed along and weakened 2f out
in rear, ridden and briefly outpaced 3f out, soon rapid headway on outside, led final furlong, stayed on strongly
Space Voyage came home in mid-division first time up and it's reasonable to expect more from her this time. The Kayf Tara mare receives weight all round, including a stone from the head of the weights. However, the Southwell success of VICTORY CLUB is by far the best form on offer and it's hard to see past him, especially as he still looked somewhat green and likely to come on again. Mactavish shaped quite well in a point-to-point and now makes his debut under Rules and Mop's A Legend is a rare Mick Appleby runner under NH Rules and therefore the one to note in the betting. Hunsbury was tailed off on debut.
Victory Club (IRE) 16-5 (11-2) In touch, headway 3f out, raced awkwardly and chased leader over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, won at Southwell 2m (5) gd in May beating Gone In Sixty (11-2) by 1l, 10 ran.
Mactavish 14-1 (11-12) A.p; outpcd final 3f, 3rd of 10, 12 1/4l behind Patanita (11-6) at Maisemore Park 2m gf in Mar.
Mop's A Legend Schiaparelli gelding out of Midnight Fun.
Hunsbury 100-1 (10-12) Tracked leader, pushed along and weakened tamely over 3f out, tailed off, last of 11, dist behind Alazwar (10-12) at Huntingdon 1m 6f (5) gd in Oct.
Space Voyage 16-1 (11-2) Held up towards rear, took keen hold, stayed on from over 1f out, never on terms, 6th of 12, 9 1/4l behind Treyarnon Bay (10-10) at Southwell 2m mdn (5) gd in May.
Spirittappergoode 125-1 (10-12) Tracked leader until ridden 5f out, weakened 3f out, tailed off, last of 9, dist behind Le Fils De Force (10-12) at Doncaster 1m 5f (5) gs in Nov.
