held up, not much room 6th, headway 8th, no extra from 2 out, lost 3rd after last
led, ridden 4 out, headed and not fluent 3 out, no impression on winner before last, stayed on same pace
chased leaders, not fluent 3rd, closed 6th, lost place 5 out, well beaten next, tailed off
chased leaders, hit 4th, jumped slowly and lost place 6th, pecked 8th, no impression after, well held 4 out
in touch towards rear, not always fluent, jumped left 1st, headway 6th, mistake and one pace 3 out, mistake last, went 3rd soon after, no impression
held up in rear, hampered 1st, pecked 8th, headway 5 out, led when mistake 3 out, clear before last, easily
prominent, not fluent 2nd, no extra from 3 out
Nonrunner
VILLAGE VIC produced a bold front-running performance to get off the mark over fences here last month. He was always holding the placed horses and there should be plenty more to come so he can defy a 5lb rise in the weights. Major Milborne has a first and a second from two runs here and will be hard to keep out of the frame again but faster going is a worry for Sandown fourth Tresor De Bontee and French import Cernunnos makes his debut for Tom George following a lay-off. Sonofagun and Rio De Sivola would have to improve on recent form to figure and Owen Na View is still a maiden under Rules. Sergeant Pink may be out of his depth.
Cernunnos (FR) (10-10) 4th of 10, 3l behind Castor Celeste (9-13) at Auteuil(FR) 2m 1f 4yo chs sft in Oct.
Village Vic (IRE) 5-4fav (11-7) Made all, clear 2nd until after next, clear when went left final 3, kept on strongly run-in, unchallenged, won at Newbury 2m 1f hcp chs 0-130 (3) gs in Feb beating Paddy The Stout (10-10) by 2 3/4l, 5 ran.
Tresor De Bontee (FR) 5-1 (11-12) Chased leaders, closed 7th, ridden and one pace in 3rd 2 out, no extra flat, 4th of 8, 13l behind Pearls Legend (11-5) at Sandown 2m hcp chs 0-125 (3) sft in Feb.
Major Milborne 8-1 (11-5) In touch, tracked leaders 4 out, went 3rd 2 out, one pace before last, ridden and stayed on to take 2nd near finish, no chance with easy winner, 2nd of 9, 9l behind O Maonlai (11-7) at Newbury 2m 2f nov hcp chs (0-125) (3) gs in Feb.
Sonofagun (FR) 11-1 (11-0) Held up in rear, headway to chase leaders halfway, weakened 4 out, tailed off, 6th of 7, well behind Cloud Creeper (11-12) at Leicester 2m 4f hcp chs 0-130 (3) gs.
Owen Na View (IRE) 25-1 (10-1) Always behind, weakened and pulled up after 3 out, in a race won by Bold Henry (10-6) at Cheltenham 2m hcp chs 0-145 (2) sft in Nov, 19 ran.
Rio De Sivola (FR) 11-4 (11-5) Tracked leader until 6th, 2nd again before 8th until next, chased leaders, weakened before 3 out, tailed off, 4th of 6, 39l behind Midnight Lira (11-4) at Taunton 2m 3f hcp chs 0-120 (4) sft in Feb.
Sergeant Pink (IRE) 5-2 (11-8) In touch, soon in rear, took closer order 5th, pressed winner from 3 out, every chance run-in, held towards finish, 2nd of 4, 1 1/2l behind Future Gilded (11-12) at Market Rasen 2m 4f hcp chs 0-120 (4) sft.
