chased leaders, jumped slowly, lost place 5th, soon in rear, under pressure when blundered 13th, pulled up before next
tracked leader, led after 3rd, headed 15th, weakened quickly, tailed off when pulled up after 3 out
held up, under pressure 5 out, weakened next, behind when pulled up 3 out
led until 3rd, remained prominent, outpaced when mistake 14th, rallied into 4th next, weakened before 2 out, modest 4th
tracked leaders, 2nd 3 out, effort after next, kept on same pace
soon in rear, headway when mistake 4 out, chased leaders next, soon no impression
held up in rear, went 4th after 5th, led 15th, stayed on well (2 fences omitted)
It was fast going when MAHLER LAD won at Towcester last year and Donald McCain’s charge can effectively race off a lower mark on his reappearance if a conditional’s allowance is taken into account. He gets a speculative vote. Angels Antics was third here last time without threatening and Chase The Wind disappointed at Carlisle last month having placed in both earlier starts this year. Lowanbehold went close at Musselburgh before well beaten at Kelso and Bob Ford failed to complete when sent off favourite at Haydock on his latest start.
Bob Ford (IRE) 7-2fav (11-10) Led until before 3rd, slow next, soon lost place, under pressure halfway, last when mistake 10th, soon pulled up, at Haydock 2m 7f hcp (4) sft in Mar.
Mahler Lad (IRE) 7-1 (11-12) Prominent on outside, lost place and reminders after 11th, behind from 4 out, tailed off, 7th of 8, dist behind Kings Eclipse (10-9) at Carlisle 3m hcp (2) hvy in Dec.
Another Frontier (IRE) 40-1 (12-0) Held up behind, some headway after 7th, lost place next, soon behind, tailed off, 7th of 15, dist behind Little Millie (11-8) at Warwick 3m 2f hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Angels Antics 7-1 (10-13) Led, mistake 1st, headed after 3 out, ridden and weakened approaching last, 3rd of 8, 12l behind The Bay Birch (11-12) at Bangor-on-Dee 3m hcp (3) sft in Mar.
Chase The Wind (IRE) 7-1 (12-0) Chased winner, mistake 15th, struggling 4 out, weakened before next, 5th of 8, dist behind Purple Harry (10-0) at Carlisle 3m 2f hcp (4) gs in Mar.
Lowanbehold (IRE) 9-1 (10-0) Chased leader until 2nd, not fluent and outpaced 12th, when 3rd when hit 2 out, no impression, 3rd of 7, 19 1/2l behind Cultram Abbey (11-8) at Kelso 2m 7f hcp (3) gs in Apr.
Packettotherafters (IRE) 6-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders, ridden 2 out, kept on same pace, 4th of 9, 12l behind Day Of Roses (11-4) at Stratford 3m 4f hcp (5) gd in Apr.
