prominent, pressed leader before 3 out, pushed along before last, ridden and kept on, no impression
made all, pressed and pushed along before 3 out, ridden after 3 out, stayed on well, always doing enough
front mid-division, raced keenly, ridden and weakened before 2 out
in rear, ridden after 4 out, soon beaten
towards rear, ridden after 4 out, never involved
chased front pack, not fluent and lost ground 4 out, ridden before 3 out, ran on one pace
handy, ridden and outpaced after 4 out, stayed on to go 4th before 3 out, kept on same pace
towards rear, never in contention
in rear, pushed along after 4th, struggling after 7th, soon pulled up
front mid-division, headway into 3rd 4 out, not fluent 3 out, bad mistake when looking held 2 out, not recover and weakened
DONNA'S DOUBLE won a bumper here a year ago and, though possibly fortunate, returned to land an eventful novices' hurdle over the minimum where he suggested this trip would be no problem. He has a penalty to carry but so does Hasty Brook for a convincing maiden victory over two miles on heavy ground at Clonmel. Winning point-to-pointer Hidden Heroics needs to step up on his two runs over timber but there's every chance he will do so while the superbly-bred Tfou, who cost €180,000, started odds-on for an Ayr bumper but ran very green. Tough Out ran well at Ayr, despite losing a shoe, while Whelans Bridge went for £32,000 after landing a Lisronagh point last May.
Donna's Double 10-1 (11-5) Chased leader until after 4th, chased leaders, left 3rd and hampered 2 out, went 2nd before the last, driven and stayed on to lead run-in, won at Newcastle 2m (4) gd in Feb beating Rory And Me (11-5) by 3 1/4l, 8 ran.
Hidden Heroics (FR) 10-1 (11-3) Tracked winner, led 4 out, headed next, tracked winner until approaching 2 out, weakened run in, 3rd of 6, 13 1/2l behind Doctor Ken (11-4) at Ascot 2m 3f mdn (3) gd in Nov.
Jet Legs (IRE) 6-1 (11-11) Chsd lsrs, 3rd from 4th, cl 4th from 6out, slipped up on bend aftr 4out, at Dromahane 3m mdn gd in Nov.
Karapiro Doug 40-1 (11-2) Towards rear, pushed along 4f out, never on terms, 9th of 11, dist behind You Wear It Well (10-9) at Catterick 2m (5) sft in Feb.
Sir Jim (IRE) 200-1 (11-0) Rear of mid-division, ridden and weakened 8th, 8th of 12, dist behind Rafferty's Return (11-7) at Wetherby 2m 4f (4) sft in Feb.
Tfou (FR) 8-11fav (11-6) Held up in 4th and kept wide, pushed along ran green outpaced and unbalanced turning in, ridden inside final 2f, finally picked up over 1f out, went 2nd and stayed on inside final furlong, never able to challenge, 2nd of 5, 2 1/2l behind Burn The Evidence (10-13) at Ayr 2m (3) hvy in Jan.
Tough Out (IRE) 14-1 (11-5) Chased winner until slow 6th, stayed on from 2 out, went 2nd flat, no impression on winner, lost 2nd last stride, 3rd of 8, 4 1/4l behind Escapeandevade (11-5) at Ayr 2m 4f (4) sft in Jan.
Undecided (IRE) 50-1 (11-0) Midfield, ridden and lost place end of back straight, soon weakened, 6th of 10, dist behind Grand Du Nord (11-0) at Hexham 2m (5) gd in Apr.
Western Wolf 100-1 (11-6) Raced keenly tracking leaders, ridden and lost touch 7f out, tailed off and pulled up soon after, at Sedgefield 2m 1f (5) gs in Jan.
Whelans Bridge (IRE) (12-2) Pr, mstk 1st, 4th 1/2way, mstk 5out, sl prog in 4th bef 2out, kow to chall bef last, ko best flat & ld cl hm, won at Lisronagh 3m mdn gs in May beating Charlie Uberalles (11-11) by 3/4l, 11 ran.
Hasty Brook (FR) 12-1 (12-0) Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, headway to lead 3 out, pushed along and slight mistake next, soon ridden and kept on well to draw clear run-in, won at Clonmel 2m 1f mdn hvy in Jan beating Mahons Glory (12-0) by 8l, 18 ran.
