made all, took ken hold, clear from 2 out
held up towards rear, headway to go 3rd before 2 out, soon chased winner until one pace and no impression from last
tracked leaders, went 2nd from 4th until 2 out, weakened before last
in touch, weakened after 3 out
tracked leaders, weakened before 2 out
in rear, went 4th from 2 out chased winner before last, always well held
NonRunner
The Keith Dalgleish stable is in cracking form and DELEGATE showed the benefit of a wind operation when trouncing a previously-unbeaten odds-on favourite over fences at Musselburgh last week. He’s rated 7lb lower over hurdles and looks the one to beat if he handles the drop back in distance. Archive is having his first run over hurdles for Brian Ellison but did win a chase at Ayr in November off this mark, though Danny Cook prefers stablemate Apterix. Ken Slack is another double-handed with Beeno preferred to Mydor. Craig Star is consistent but the recent Kelso scorer has never won off a mark this high and Ninepointsixthree has gone up another 4lb since his second at Musselburgh.
Beeno (IRE) 16-1 (11-11) Held up towards rear and keen, soon in touch, went 2nd before 2 out, soon weakened, 3rd of 8, 22l behind Sakhee's City (11-6) at Catterick 2m 3f hcp (3) hvy in Jan.
Archive (FR) 7-2 (11-6) Held up in last pair, not fluent 4 out, soon outpaced, no impression after, last of 5, 11 1/4l behind Mixboy (11-12) at Musselburgh 2m hcp (3) gs in Jan.
Delegate 13-2 (11-4) Tracked leader, challenged 4 out, led before 3 out, kept on well from last, won at Musselburgh 2m 4f (4) gs in Feb beating Divine Spear (11-10) by 7l, 5 ran.
Craig Star (IRE) 3-1 (12-1) Tracked leaders, pushed along before 3 out, ridden to lead last, kept on well, won at Kelso 2m 2f hcp (4) hvy in Jan beating Un Guet Apens (11-11) by 5l, 5 ran.
Apterix (FR) 25-1 (11-6) Tracked leaders, went 2nd before 5 out, pushed along before 2 out, soon weakened, 4th of 8, 29l behind Sakhee's City (11-6) at Catterick 2m 3f hcp (3) hvy in Jan.
Ninepointsixthree 16-1 (11-6) Reminder start, in rear, jumped left 2nd, headway on outside to lead after 3rd, clear 5th until before 3 out, headed towards finish, 2nd of 13, 1 1/4l behind Kelpies Myth (11-3) at Musselburgh 2m hcp (4) sft in Feb.
Mydor (FR) 22-1 (11-10) Behind, pushed along before 3 out, soon weakened, last of 7, dist behind Red Rising (11-12) at Wetherby 3m hcp (3) hvy in Feb.
