held up towards rear, headway chasing leaders after 3 out, weakened next
chased leaders, 2nd at 6th, led after 3 out, strongly pressed from 2 out, narrowly headed run-in, rallied into 2nd last strides, just held
held up in mid-division, headway chasing leaders before 2 out, ridden between last two, challenged last, stayed on gamely to lead close home
led until narrowly headed soon after 3 out, presssed leader, every chance last, no extra final 150 yards
chased leaders, weakened quickly before 3 out, pulled up before next
mid-division, behind 6th, tailed off 3 out, pulled up soon after
in touch, 3rd at 6th, challenged last, led narrowly run-in, headed close home, lost 2nd post
took keen hold tracking leaders, lost place 4th, struggling in modest 8th when fell last
always towards rear, struggling 3 out, pulled up soon after
towards rear, pushed along after 5th, soon strugggling, tailed off 3 out
took keen hold, chased leaders, went 2nd after 4th until 6th, soon lost place and behind, tailed off 3 out
took keen old, held up towards rear on inside, headway approaching 4 out, chasing leaders before 2 out where not fluent, ridden and found nil between last two
What's The Scoop had a race in the bag over 2m at Sandown last month but tried to run out approaching the last. He's clearly not straightforward and it may not pay to take too short a price about Nicky Henderson's charge here. Firsty will need to improve markedly on his UK debut at Exeter to land this but Dark Flame is worth a second look as he has been placed in two of his four starts over timber and highly tried in the other two. BIM BAM BOUM was second over this trip at Taunton two runs ago and may not have got home over further at Wincanton later. Harry Fry's five-year-old deserves another chance with Midnight Cowboy looking best of the rest.
Bellini Dubreau (FR) 200-1 (10-12) Held up, headway approaching 4 out, pushed along and weakened before next, 10th of 17, dist behind Vieux Lille (10-12) at Exeter 2m 1f (4) hvy in Dec.
Bim Bam Boum (FR) 7-1 (11-12) Held up towards rear, ridden after 3 out, outpaced next, 6th of 8, 31 1/2l behind Tagrita (11-12) at Wincanton 2m 5f hcp (3) sft in Mar.
Bold Runner 7-1 (11-7) Led, mistake 5th, headed before 6th, led again next, riddedn and headed 2 out, dropped to 3rd, went right bumped and weakened last, 5th of 12, 16 1/2l behind Church Field (11-12) at Warwick 2m 5f hcp (4) sft in Mar.
Dark Flame (IRE) 33-1 (11-5) Mid-division, effort after 3 out, chased leaders before next, weakened between last two, 7th of 18, 18 3/4l behind Barney Dwan (11-6) at Sandown 2m 4f hcp (1) sft in Mar.
Firsty (IRE) 15-8 (11-3) Held up towards rear, headway before 3 out, ridden and weakened before last, 5th of 8, 14 1/2l behind Captain Chaos (11-10) at Exeter 2m 3f (4) sft in Feb.
Hopefordebest (IRE) 66-1 (11-2) Led, headed before 6th chase winner until after 4 out, weakened before next, tailed off, 5th of 10, dist behind Ballyoptic (11-8) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f (4) sft in Mar.
Maigh Dara (IRE) 6-1 (11-9) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 4th of 7, 31l behind Fountains Windfall (11-2) at Fontwell 2m 2f (6) gd in Jun.
Midnight Cowboy 9-2 (10-12) Tracked leaders, driven and one pace 3 out, soon no chance with front pair, lost modest 3rd closing stages, 4th of 10, 16 1/4l behind Hell's Kitchen (10-12) at Newbury 2m 5f (4) sft in Mar.
Norman The Red 100-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders, went 2nd after 7th, effort after 3 out, one pace approaching next, ridden and no chance with easy winner in clear 2nd between last 2, 2nd of 7, 21l behind Chef D'oeuvre (11-5) at Fontwell 2m 6f (4) hvy in Feb.
Tango Unchained (IRE) 150-1 (11-4) Towards rear, not fluent 7th, headway 3 out, 5th and no extra when mistake 2 out, 4th of 12, 10 1/2l behind Board Of Trade (11-4) at Huntingdon 2m 5f mdn (5) gs in Feb.
Teachmetobouggie 10-1 (11-1) Chased leaders, ridden and weakened before 7th, tailed off, 5th of 8, dist behind Rock On Oscar (11-8) at Taunton 2m 3f (4) gd in Mar.
Topamichi 8-1 (9-6) Keen early, tracked leaders, driven and lost place over 2f out, weakened 1f out, last of 9, 15 3/4l behind Freud (9-2) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
What's The Scoop (IRE) 7-2 (11-1) Held up in 4th place, left in 3rd at 1st, not fluent 3rd, 2nd going well before 2 out, led between last 2, clear before last, swerved badly left virtually refused to race rider lost iron and headed run-in, 2nd of 4, 6l behind Starving Marvin (11-1) at Sandown 2m (4) hvy in Mar.
