led until before 2nd, chased leader until pushed along before 3 out, soon weakened
pulled hard in rear, never involved
held up towards rear, not fluent 3rd, headway chasing leaders 3 out, weakened before the last where bad mistake
mid-division, headway chasing leaders before 3 out, weakened between last 2
mid-division, steady headway approaching 3 out, 3rd after next, one pace and no impression
chased leaders, pushed along when mistake and lost place after 4 out, soon behind, went badly left 2 out
chased leaders on inside, went 2nd before 3 out, challenged last, led final 150 yards, soon clear
raced keenly, prominent until mistake and rider lost iron briefly 1st, towards rear, headway before 3 out, held in 4th when went left last
held up and behind, some headway approaching 2 out, never on terms
led before 2nd, went clear 3 out, reduced lead before next, joined last, headed and no extra final 150 yards
Young Lieutenant, Kilbrook and Steal A March have all shown ability in bumpers. The former beat a decent sort at Exeter back in January but the latter, who is owned by The Queen, may have the most scope. SIR VALENTINE, a useful performer on the Flat, would have been placed at worst on his debut over timber at Chepstow had he not fallen at the last. The third has franked that form since and the Twiston-Davies’ runner gets another chance. Katahdin is promising but likely to need this.
Banana Joe (IRE) 40-1 (10-12) Chased winner until before 3 out, soon beaten, 5th of 11, 26 3/4l behind Ballinsker (10-12) at Ludlow 2m (4) gd in Oct.
First Revolution (IRE) 6-1 (12-2) Ww in rr, clsr 6out, smooth prog to disp on inner bef 4out, ev chan 2out, disp with ev cha last, kow cl hm, just held, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Islandray (12-2) at Fairyhouse Ptp 3m mdn Good - Yielding in Apr.
Graceful James (IRE) 6-1 (10-12) Held up in last pair, hit 3rd, 6th and no chance when mistake last, 6th of 9, 35 3/4l behind Santani (11-1) at Stratford 2m (4) gd in Jun.
Katahdin (IRE) 12-1 (11-9) Tracked leader early, in touch, not much room and lost place over 3f out, headway 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 18, 3 1/2l behind Emitom (10-11) at Warwick 2m (5) gs in Apr.
Kilbrook (IRE) 33-1 (11-0) Held up and behind, headway on outside chasing leaders over 3f out, went 2nd over 1f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong until no extra and lost 2nd near finish, 3rd of 12, 1/2l behind Make Me A Believer (11-0) at Chepstow 2m (4) sft in Oct.
Silver Nickel (IRE) 20-1 (10-13) Led, headed over 3f out, switched right and beaten 3rd from over 1f out, one pace, 3rd of 4, 6 1/4l behind Southfield Harvest (10-13) at Chepstow 2m (5) gd in Apr.
Sir Valentine (GER) 12-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders, driven to challenge after 2 out, soon ridden, one pace but still every chance when fell last, at Chepstow 2m (4) gs in Oct.
Steal A March 9-4 (10-13) Set crawl for 1f, 2nd until 13f out, stayed handy, ridden over 3f out, one pace in 4th from over 1f out, 4th of 8, 4 3/4l behind Rough Terain (10-13) at Worcester 2m (5) gd in Jun.
Uther Pendragon (IRE) 12-1 (9-10) Steadied start, held up towards rear, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 12, 5 3/4l behind Mandocello (9-4) at Bath 1m 2f hcp (5) gs in Sep.
Young Lieutenant (IRE) 4-1 (11-4) Tracked leaders, led over 2f out, hard driven when pressed over 1f out, ran on, won at Exeter 2m 1f (5) gs in Jan beating Hurricane Harvey (11-4) by 1l, 11 ran.
