led, ridden and headed approaching last, no impression on winner and flashing tail flat, just held onto 2nd
in touch on outside, ridden after 3 out, weakened before next
tracked leaders, 2nd after 4 out until 3 out, ridden and no extra from next
held up towards rear, effort 4 out, ridden and weakened after next, tailed off
held up towards rear, headway 4 out, 2nd next, challenged 2 out, led before last, clear flat, comfortably
held up in rear, headway 3 out, 3rd from 2 out, stayed on flat, no impression on winner, just failed to get 2nd
took keen hold, tracked leaders, mistake 1st, 2nd 5th until after 4 out, soon weakened, pulled up before 2 out
tracked leader, not fluent 4th, lost 2nd next, lost place when hit 4 out, soon behind, tailed off
NonRunner
Plenty with chances in a tricky-looking contest. Asum would have been placed at Stratford last month had he not fallen at the last but Lord Huntingdon was beaten when suffering a similar fate at Ludlow. Like the latter, HEAD HIGH is only a four-year-old and the grey had been showing steady progress prior to landing a maiden at Huntingdon. He may be capable of better and is preferred to stablemate Zenafire and Warwick runner-up Hill Fort, who prefers soft going. Derintoher Yank won a couple of times at Carlisle in the autumn and is lightly raced so not out of this but Aldeburgh has never really taken to hurdles.
Derintoher Yank (IRE) 5-2fav (11-2) Led, mistake 4th, strongly challenged after 3 out, headed last, weakened quickly, 4th of 5, 17 1/4l behind Applesandpierres (11-3) at Wetherby 2m 4f hcp (3) gd in Apr.
Asum 2-1fav (10-11) Raced keenly, held up in last pair, steady headway tracking leaders approaching 3 out, ridden and went 2nd before the last, 1 length down when fell heavily last, at Stratford 2m hcp (3) gd in Apr.
Lord Huntingdon 6-4fav (11-5) Held up mid-division, went 3rd from 4 out, went 2nd before 3 out until weakening in 3rd when fell last, at Ludlow 2m (4) gd in Apr.
Head High (IRE) 13-2 (10-10) Keen, in touch, headway before 2 out, ridden to lead when hit last, pressed flat, ran on gamely, won at Huntingdon 2m mdn (5) gd in Apr beating Spiritual Man (11-2) by nk, 9 ran.
Zenafire 11-2 (8-5) Broke well, held up in rear, niggled along 7f out, one pace over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 7, 6 1/4l behind Monjeni (8-11) at Haydock 1m 6f hcp (4) gf in May.
Hill Fort 14-1 (10-13) Mid-division, closing when not fluent 4th, ridden before 2 out, went 2nd last, stayed on, unable to trouble winner, 2nd of 10, 1 3/4l behind Attest (10-12) at Warwick 2m hcp (4) gs in May.
Anton Chigurh 9-2 (10-4) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on to go 2nd near finish, no threat to clear winner, 2nd of 6, 6l behind Viewpoint (10-0) at Lingfield 1m 2f stks (6) pol in Apr.
Another Journey 33-1 (10-0) Tracked winner until after 5th, lost place 6th, mistake 7th, behind next, 5th of 8, dist behind Ink Master (10-9) at Ludlow 2m hcp (3) gd in May.
Aldeburgh 8-1 (10-7) Behind, outpaced when ridden after 3 out, soon weakened, tailed off, 7th of 8, dist behind Great Fighter (11-8) at Perth 2m hcp (3) gd in Apr.
