towards rear, ridden 10th, never a factor
pulled up in rear, lost touch 11th, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out
in touch, ridden and weakened 17th
in touch, ridden 14th, weakened after 3 out
always in rear and never going, lost touch 14th, pulled up before 2 out
tracked leaders, ridden 3 out, chased leader 2 out, led last, edged right flat, ran on
lost touch 9th, pulled up before 11th
led, hit 2nd, ridden 18th, headed when hit last and weakened close home
in touch, hit 18th, weakened soon after
towards rear, headway 8th, weakened 4 out
in touch, mistake and dropped rear 4th, reminder next, ridden 11th, behind when pulled up 16th
tracked leaders, ridden 3 out, chased leading pair and soon one pace
tracked leaders, went 2nd 16th, ridden 3 out, weakened next
It's hard to see http://rules.britishhorseracing.com/Orders-and-rules&staticID=22100&depth=2 recording a hat-trick of wins in this contest given his recent performances and we prefer the chances of Marblehead. The locally trained son of Environment Friend is a mere youngster compared to his rivals but that hasn't stopped him making a decent impression in his career to date. He landed a nice touch in good style at Exeter last time out and may be able to repeat the feat tonight. Irilut has plenty of form to his name, represents leading connections and looks sure to be in the thick of the action but he was a shade disappointing between the flags last time. Caught At Dawn is another dual winner of this race and it would be a remarkable feat for this fourteen year-old to go in again and he does come into the race in decent form but we fancy the young pretender, Marblehead, to spoil the party.
Beauchamp Oracle 33-1 (11-12) Behind from 8th, tailed off and pulled up 2 out in race won by Take The Stand (11-7) at Cheltenham 3m 2f hts chs (4) gd in Apr, 15 ran.
Bell Lane Lad (IRE) 33-1 (12-0) Bhnd frm 11, 6th of 16, 40l behind Drybrook Bedouin (12-0) at Barbury 3m ptp gd in Apr.
Catch The Bus (IRE) 8-1 (12-0) A.p; no ex cl home, 2nd of 12, nk behind Lady Myfanwy (11-12) at Andoversford 3m ptp gd in Apr.
Caught At Dawn (IRE) 7-4 (12-4) A.p; led 14-3 out & 2 out til hdd bet last 2; wknd last, 3rd of 7, 11l behind Itsalf (12-0) at Andoversford 3m ptp gd in Apr.
Irilut (FR) 9-4fav (12-5) (cp) held up; hdwy 11; went 2nd 4 out; wknd app last, 3rd of 8, 8l behind Cottage River (12-5) at Chaddesley Corb' 3m 2f ptp gd in Apr.
James Pine (IRE) 12-1 (12-0) Led 10-13; sn btn, 3rd of 10, 8l behind No Virtue (11-0) at Andoversford 3m ptp gd in Apr.
Marado (IRE) 7-2fav (12-0) T.o & pulled up in race won by Alf's Spinney (12-0) at Chaddesley Corb' 3m ptp gd in Apr, 17 ran.
Marblehead (IRE) 12-1 (11-3) Set good pace, made all, kept on gamely, won at Exeter 2m 7f nov hts chs (5) gd in Apr beating Whistling Straits (12-2) by 4 1/2l, 9 ran.
Sudden Arrival 7-4fav (12-0) Trckd ldrs; eff 12; 3rd & btn when unseated rider in race won by Strong Weld (12-3) at Siddington 3m ptp gd in Mar, 12 ran.
Tooley Park 8-1 (12-5) A.p; ev ch 4 out; one pce, 2nd of 6, 5l behind True Friday (11-12) at Clifton-On-dunsm 3m ptp gd in Apr.
To The Top 5-4fav (12-3) Cl up; led 14; lft clr nxt, won at Kingston Blount 3m ptp gd in Apr beating Valance (12-0) by 25l, 6 ran.
Chesnut Annie (IRE) 7-2 (11-5) Led, headed after 4 out, led next, mistake last, soon headed, rallied gamely, no extra and lost 2nd final stride, 3rd of 13, 1l behind Lady Myfanwy (11-5) at Chepstow 3m nov hts chs (5) gd in Apr.
Memories of Gold (IRE) 12-1 (11-4) Chased leader, led 7th to 9th, chased leader to 3 out, soon driven along, stayed on under pressure run-in, 3rd of 10, 12l behind Massimo (11-11) at Towcester 2m 3f hts chs (6) gd in Apr.
