chased leaders, lost ground 4th, well behind from 15th, pulled up after 3 out
not always fluent, chased leaders, lost place 3rd, mistake 17th, well beaten 4 out, pulled up after 3 out
not always fluent, chased leaders, went 2nd 3rd until before 6th, mistake 13th, well behind from 15th
chased leader until 3rd, went 2nd before 6th, led 15th, headed next, mistake 18th, led 3 out, soon clear
soon towards rear, headway before 12th, well beaten from 4 out, went 2nd after 2 out, no chance with winner
in rear, well behind from 7th, pulled up after 3 out
led until 15th, led next, headed 3 out, lost 2nd and weakened after 2 out
The Very Thing is preferred to Along Long Story of Micky Hammond’s two runners in this, though he is hard to catch right and is only 1-30. Henry Brown is back on a winning mark and Brian Hughes keeps the partnership intact but SIR APOLLO is only a pound higher than when successful over course and distance in November and first-time blinkers could bring about some improvement. Ballynagran won in a higher grade at Wetherby but is 4lb higher and hadn’t shown much previously.
Along Long Story (IRE) 125-1 (11-12) Held up, pushed along and weakened 4 out, tailed off, 11th of 14, dist behind Who's In The Box (11-9) at Carlisle 3m hcp (5) sft in Feb.
Loughermore (IRE) 33-1 (11-11) Tracked leaders, went prominent 3rd, led 3 out, headed before 2 out, no extra before last, 8th of 16, 8 1/4l behind Blue Shark (11-12) at Wetherby 2m 4f hcp (5) sft in Jan.
Ballynagran (IRE) 14-1 (10-2) Made all, edged right after 4 out and before 2 out and last, hard pressed and edged left flat, just prevailed, won at Wetherby 3m hcp (4) sft in Jan beating Good Work (12-0) by shd, 10 ran.
Sir Apollo (IRE) 3-1 (11-2) Led, headed 9th, tracked leaders, weakening when mistake 3 out, tailed off, 4th of 7, 35 1/2l behind Ribeye (11-4) at Market Rasen 3m hcp (5) gs in Feb.
Henry Brown (IRE) 9-1 (11-3) Raced out wide and never closer than mid-division, plugging on disputing well held 4th when left 3rd at the last, 3rd of 9, 17 1/4l behind Onestepatatime (11-9) at Sedgefield 3m 3f hcp (5) gs in Jan.
The Very Thing (IRE) 11-1 (10-13) Always in rear and well behind from 13th, pulled up, at Catterick 3m 1f hcp (5) sft in Jan.
Tanrudy (IRE) 16-1 (10-6) Led until headed soon after 3 out, lost 2nd next and slightly hampered next, weakened, 4th of 10, 31l behind Family Pot (10-10) at Hereford 3m 1f hcp (5) gd in Feb.
