held up towards rear, headway 4 out, chased leaders in 3rd before 2 out, soon ridden, kept on and no impression
held up in rear, headway before in 4th before 2 out, kept on same pace
held up towards rear, weakened from 3 out, tailed off, fell
tracked leaders, headway 3 out to chase winner until weakened before next
made all, clear before 2 out, kept on strongly
tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden before last, kept on same pace
tracked winner until 3 out, soon weakened, tailed off
Magnimity was second in two starts in bumpers last year and will probably improve for the switch to hurdles. But he'll need to be useful to get the better of ROYALRAISE, who has been placed in all three starts so far over timber and has earned a rating of 122. Oliver Sherwood's charge chased home Magnimity's stablemate Might Bite at Newbury last time and that one landed a Class 2 event at Cheltenham shortly after. Oh Land Abloom is penalized for winning a maiden hurdle here last month while Calin Du Brizais was still beaten almost 20 lengths when runner-up at Newton Abbot.
Oh Land Abloom (IRE) 9-2 (11-0) Behind, headway on inside approaching 3 out, led before next, mistake last, ran on strongly, won at Market Rasen 2m 5f mdn hdl (5) gd in Apr beating Howwrongcanyoube (11-0) by 1l, 12 ran.
Cool Runnings (IRE) 9-4fav (9-3) Slowly into stride, in rear, ridden along and struggling inside final 3f, stayed on to moderate 3rd towards finish, never any chance with leading duo, 3rd of 6, 9l behind Geordie Man (9-3) at Haydock 1m 2yo mdn (5) hvy in Oct '12 (flat).
Fair To Middling 25-1 (11-3) Mid-division on outside, ridden and weakened 4f out, tailed off, last of 13, well behind Mister Miyagi (11-10) at Stratford 2m NH flat (5) gd in Mar.
Magnimity (IRE) 9-4 (11-1) Tracked leaders, went 2nd and ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, no chance with easy winner final 2f, 2nd of 6, 18l behind Rainy City (10-11) at Doncaster 2m cond NH flat (6) gs in Nov.
Royalraise (IRE) 13-2 (11-1) Held up in touch, jumped slowly and lost a few places 1st, not fluent 3rd, ridden and went 3rd 3 out, edged right before last, went 2nd flat, stayed on, no chance with winner, 2nd of 8, 15l behind Might Bite (11-1) at Newbury 2m 5f nh nov hdl (4) gs in Mar.
Calin Du Brizais (FR) 66-1 (10-8) Tracked leaders, went 3rd before 2 out, chased winner from last, no impression, 2nd of 12, 19l behind Abidjan (10-11) at Newton Abbot 2m 3f mdn hdl (5) gd in Apr.
Catwalk Babe (IRE) 10-1 (10-7) Held up in last pair, went 3rd 6th, pushed along after 3 out, outpaced and no chance with 1st two before next, 3rd of 5, well behind Carningli (11-6) at Stratford 2m 6f nh nov hdl (4) gd in Apr.
