held up, not much room when not fluent 3rd or 4th, headway next, not fluent 3 out, led going well before next, soon clear, pushed out
led, ridden and headed after 3 out, stayed on same pace
held up, mistake 3rd, ridden approaching 5th, hit 3 out and weakened
tracked leaders, jumped right 3rd, mistake next, ridden approaching 3 out, edged right and went 2nd before last, no chance with winner
in rear, not always fluent, ridden after 5th, weakened after 3 out
took keen hold, tracked leader, jumped right 4th, hit 3 out, soon led, headed approaching 2 out where not fluent, 4th and no extra when mistake last
tracked leaders, ridden after 5th, weakened after 3 out
VENDOR won on his UK debut at Newbury and ran a cracker when third to Une Artiste in the Fred Winter at Cheltenham last month. That form looks far superior to his rivals here and Alan King's four-year-old can defy his penalty. It's Oscar may be the one to chase him home as he showed definite signs of ability when fifth over C&D in February. Ballypatrick, on the other hand, was beaten a long way when fourth at January and hasn't raced since.
Vendor (FR) 3-1fav (11-1) Mid-division, ridden approaching 4 out, headway and switched left approaching last, stayed on well flat, went 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 24, 2 1/4l behind Une Artiste (10-8) at Cheltenham 2m 4yo nov hcp hdl Grd 3 (1) gd in Mar.
Ballypatrick (IRE) 16-1 (11-6) Led until 2nd, led 4th until before next, led 8th, headed next, weakened after 3 out, 4th of 7, 31l behind Aikideau (11-6) at Plumpton 2m 5f NH nov hdl (4-7yo) (3) hvy in Jan.
Cape Schanck 40-1 (11-0) Mid-division, headway after 4th, went 3rd after 3 out until last, one pace flat, 4th of 11, 7l behind Highway Code (11-6) at Warwick 2m nh nov hdl (4) gd in Mar '11.
It's Oscar (IRE) 20-1 (11-2) Held up towards rear, pushed along 4 out, headway before 3 out, not fluent last, no extra flat, 5th of 13, 8l behind Asaid (10-8) at Towcester 2m nh nov hdl (4) gs in Feb.
Radical Bay 12-1 (12-0) Prom to 11; to, 4th of 7, 35l behind Panama Canal (12-0) at Brocklesby Park 3m ptp gd in Feb.
Proximo (FR) 25-1 (10-10) Held up in touch, ridden over 4f out, outpaced 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 11th of 18, 23l behind Kings Lad (11-4) at Wincanton 2m mdn NH flat (6) gs in Mar.
Marina Bay 100-1 (10-7) Chased leaders, weakened quickly before 6th, soon behind, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out, in a race won by Definite Memories (11-3) at Towcester 2m 5f nov hdl (4) gs in Mar, 10 ran.
