prominent, edged right on bend over 13f out, driven and hanging left over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
made all, drew clear inside final 2f, stayed on strongly, easily
prominent, outpaced over 5f out, soon dropped out, plugged on for remote 4th inside final furlong
held up, took keen hold, headway over 4f out, weakened over 3f out
held up, green and ran a bit wide on bend over 13f out, headway over 7f out, outpaced 3f out, stayed on and went 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner
held up, took keen hold, closed over 13f out, weakened over 7f out
held up on outside, closed 12f out, weakened over 4f out
Big Nasty kept on for pressure when third at Haydock and makes more appeal than penalised Bangor scorer Move Above but this is usually a competitive bumper and it features some above-average recruits. Financier is a Flat-bred son of Dubawi who is a half-brother to five winners and he made a winning start between the flags at Witton Casle in May. ASK FOR GLORY was bought for £280,000 after an easy win in an Irish point-to-point and he can make a winning debut under Rules for Paul Nicholls, though newcomers Imperial Esprit and especially the jumps-bred Born To Sting are definitely worth a market check.
Move Above (IRE) 33-1 (10-12) Made all, set steady pace, ridden and quickened pace over 2f out, ran on gamely final furlong, won at Bangor 2m 1f (5) sft in Dec beating Gaelik Coast (10-12) by 1 3/4l, 11 ran.
Ask For Glory (IRE) 2-1 (11-6) Mid-div, 7th aftr a mile, 4th aftr 4out, ld aftr 3out, 2 1/2l adv aftr 2out, went clr bef last, kow, easily, won at Bartlemy 3m mdn sft in May beating Clondaw Storm (11-11) by 10l, 14 ran.
Big Nasty 9-1 (11-7) Held up in touch, driven to chase leaders over 5f out, soon outpaced, plugged on to take modest 3rd inside final furlong, no chance with front pair, 3rd of 9, 10 1/2l behind Mr Grey Sky (11-7) at Haydock 2m (4) hvy in Dec.
Born To Sting (IRE) Scorpion gelding out of Hatch Away.
Financier 7-2jfav (12-0) A.p; lft in ld 4 out; r.o wl, won at Witton Castle 3m mdn gf in May beating Sulamani The Late (12-0) by 2 1/2l, 10 ran.
Imperial Esprit (IRE) Scorpion gelding out of Shesourpresent.
Scenemaker (IRE) 12-1 (11-7) (tt) bhnd final 8f; t.o, last of 8, dist behind Hot Ryan (11-0) at Great Trethew 2m gd in Feb.
Wilde Water (IRE) Oscar gelding out of Pay The Ferryman.
Spanish Starling 50-1 (11-0) Held up towards rear, headway over 5f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 6, 13 3/4l behind Dans Le Vent (11-2) at Ludlow 2m (4) gd in Apr.
