contested lead, headed but remained prominent after 5th, pushed along and briefly lost 2nd before last, battled back and reclaimed position up the run-in, closed on leader towards finish
contested lead, headed and tracked new leader after 5th, pushed along and lost further ground before 4 out, soon dropped to rear, weakened before 3 out
held up, awkward jump 4th, not fluent 7th or 8th, mistake 9th and dropped to last, weakened and pulled up before 3 out
close up, lost position after 9th, hard ridden and dropped to rear before 4 out, cajoled along and kept on after 2 out, one paced after last
in rear, niggled along and headway before 4 out, travelled strongly and went 2nd before last, soon headed up the run-in, weakened towards finish
midfield, jumped left 2nd, niggled along and went 2nd before 9th, led before 3 out, driven out after last, always doing enough towards finish
prominent, led after 5th, mistake 9th, headed before 3 out, weakened on approach to 2 out
Demon D'Aunou was narrowly beaten under today’s conditional at Taunton last time while Do Wanna Know was still in contention when unseating a couple of fences from home at Carlisle. STARJAC also arrives on the back of a good effort having been beaten a length at Stratford and it’s Paul Webber’s charge that gets the vote to go one better. Renwick beat the selection a short-head over timber back in 2019 but failed to complete on his recent comeback so Don't Ask may prove best of the rest.
Do Wanna Know (IRE) 10-1 (11-10) Close up, ridden to lead 2 out, stumbled on landing and unseated rider, at Carlisle 2m 4f hcp (4) gs in Apr.
Ballyhill (FR) 13-2 (11-0) Led 2nd until 3rd, led 5th, headed after 3 out, weakened next, last of 3, 31 3/4l behind Sir Sholokhov (11-1) at Newton Abbot 2m 5f hcp (3) gd in Apr.
Starjac (FR) 11-2 (11-6) Tracked leaders, outpaced 10th, headway into 3rd 2 out, ridden before last where made mistake, kept on run-in, 2nd of 6, 1l behind Rob The Getaway (11-6) at Stratford 2m 3f hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Renwick (IRE) 11-2 (10-13) Tracked leaders, left 2nd at 9th, pushed along 5 out, weakened next, pulled up 3 out, dismounted, at Chepstow 3m hcp (3) gd in Apr.
Demon D'Aunou (FR) 7-1 (12-6) In rear, close up but still in rear 4 out, ridden before 2 out, close up when not fluent last, stayed on strongly flat, just denied, 2nd of 5, hd behind Royal Plaza (10-8) at Taunton 2m 2f hcp (4) gf in Apr.
Don't Ask (IRE) 10-1 (11-10) Led, keen early, clear lead after 4 out, joined 3 out, lost lead 2 out, held in second approaching last, lost second final 110 yards, 3rd of 12, 3 1/4l behind Apache Creek (11-8) at Ludlow 2m 5f hcp (4) gd in Mar.
Meteorite 9-2 (11-13) Prominent, blundered badly at 11th, soon pulled up, at Stratford 2m 3f hcp (4) gd in Mar.
