led until after 1st, led next, jumped right 4 out, soon headed, no extra 2 out, left 2nd last, plugged on
prominent, led after 4 out, about 3 lengths ahead when fell last
in rear, jumped left, struggling 4th, behind next, mistake 7th, pulled up before 8th
held up, outpaced when hit 4 out, blundered badly 3 out, well beaten after, left 3rd last
led after 1st until slow 2nd, in touch, lost place 8th, pulled up before 12th
chased leaders on outside, closed before 7th, not fluent 13th, mistake 3 out, hanging left after 2 out, about 3 lengths 2nd when left in lead last, driven out
Always a good race and Chapel Stile, a game winner at Carlisle last time is the sole representative of the north against a strong southern and midlands challenge. He should make a good fist of it but BOLDMERE has looked impressive the last twice when dominating decent handicaps at Leicester and Doncaster and is well worth his place in this Grade 2 contest. Dominateur houses similar credentials and has proved a real money-spinner for the Sherwood team and it's hard to seeing him not in the mix and Ardlethen has a decent shout too on the formbook. Just Your Type and Newtide need to progress but both are going the right way, especially the latter.
Ardlethen (IRE) 9-2 (11-0) Mid-division, effort 13th, pushed along next, outpaced 4 out, switched right and not much room after 3 out, weakened before next, 5th of 7, 21 1/2l behind Two For Gold (11-0) at Warwick 3m (1) sft in Jan.
Boldmere 11-4fav (11-10) Raced wide in mid-division, headway chasing leaders after 12th, led and went left 3 out, clear next, idled in front but always doing enough, won at Doncaster 3m hcp (3) gs in Dec beating Bob Mahler (11-12) by 10l, 9 ran.
Chapel Stile (IRE) 11-4 (11-7) Slowly away, in rear, close up on outside final circuit, went 2nd after last (usual 5 out), soon ridden, 5 lengths down bypassing omitted 2 out, stayed on well inside final furlong, led final strides (all fences in home straight omitted, low sun), won at Carlisle 2m 5f hcp (3) hvy in Dec beating Cloudy Glen (11-7) by nk, 5 ran.
Dominateur (FR) 11-4fav (11-8) Held up in rear, not fluent 1st, slow next, headway 11th, went 2nd 5 out, challenged last, soon led, stayed on, won at Chepstow 3m hcp (3) hvy in Dec beating Clondaw Anchor (11-8) by 2 1/2l, 6 ran.
Just Your Type (IRE) 9-4 (11-6) Tracked leader, stumbled 2nd, jumped left and lost 2nd 11th, chased leading pair, went remote 2nd again towards finish, 2nd of 4, 22l behind Sam Brown (11-0) at Lingfield 2m 7f (4) hvy in Jan.
Newtide (IRE) 5-6fav (11-3) Tracked leader, led 2nd to after 9th, led again 12th, went right next, not fluent 3 out, soon clear, driven out, readily, won at Ffos Las 3m (3) sft in Nov beating Secret Reprieve (11-3) by 2 1/2l, 3 ran.
