led and jumped right, mistake 2nd, ridden and headed 3 out, soon beaten
prominent, ridden approaching 4 out, weakened before next
held up, headway approaching 4th, led and hit 3 out, clear next, pushed out
prominent, ridden approaching 4 out, soon weakened
held up, headway 4 out, went 3rd 3 out, soon weakened
It would be tempting to take on likely favourite Dangerousdanmagru off a 10lb higher mark than when scoring at Chepstow last week but he again has conditions to suit and is hard to oppose in a race where Jericho III and Another Native rate the main dangers. Jericho III has had the benefit of two runs this term and there should be more improvement to come from him but Richard Guest's stable are not in great form at present so he may be best watched. Mistral De La Cour is entitled to need the run, while Nephite gave little cause for optimism on his recent reappearance. Advance East lacks a recent run and of interest may be Charlie Mann's Another Native, who lacks a ruin this term but comes from a stable that has produced a couple of first time out winners of late. Dangerousdanmagru loves testing conditions though and is taken to land another handicap on heavy ground.
Jericho III (FR) 11-1 (11-7) Led, mistake 6th and rider lost irons, headed after next, weakened after 3 out, 4th of 7, 16l behind Encore Cadoudal (11-6) at Ayr 2m hcp chs 0-120 (D) sft.
Mistral De La Cour (FR) 16-1 (11-0) Always towards rear, 11th of 15, 37l behind Briareus (11-7) at Newbury 2m nov hdl (E) gd in Apr.
Dangerousdanmagru (IRE) 9-4 (10-9) Held up, headway 7th, led on bit 8th, clear 4 out, ran on, won at Chepstow 2m hcp chs 0-125 (D) hvy beating Macmar (11-1) by 4l, 5 ran.
Nephite (NZ) 40-1 (10-4) Tracked leaders, lost place after 4th, ridden when mistake 7th, tailed off and pulled up at the 11th in race won by Tamango (11-9) at Stratford 2m 5f hcp chs 0-135 (C) gd in Oct, 9 ran.
Advance East 20-1 (9-9) Held up, ridden after 3 out, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up 5 out in race won by Ibal (11-10) at Leicester 2m 4f hcp chs 0-105 (E) sft in Mar, 9 ran.
Another Native (IRE) 8-1 (11-3) Tracked leaders, ridden and one pace from 4 out, 4th of 12, 7l behind Do L'enfant D'eau (11-3) at Exeter 2m 3f beg chs (E) gs in Jan.