led, ridden before and headed last, kept on and held near finish
with leader and keen, ridden before and led last, edged left run-in, driven out
tracked leaders in rear, beaten from before 5 out
Nonrunner
Nonrunner
Presenting Arms won four times over hurdles and always showed plenty of pace. This step up in trip is a worry, however, and COOLOGUE is fancied to give the weight away after two excellent runs here over 3m here. He won over 2m4f at Bangor in October and was second over this course and distance a month later – good going is very much in his favour. Kings Bandit has struggled over fences so far and Nathans Pride showed little on his only start this season back in October while it's hard to fancy Swizzler on the evidence so far.
Coologue (IRE) 9-1 (10-6) Prominent, went 3rd from 9th, went 2nd 2 out, ridden after last, kept on and always well held by winner, 2nd of 15, 3 1/4l behind Ziga Boy (10-0) at Doncaster 3m hcp lst (1) gd in Jan.
Presenting Arms (IRE) 25-1 (10-13) Always towards rear, 19th of 21, dist behind Jolly's Cracked It (11-3) at Ascot 2m hcp (1) gs in Dec.
Swizzler (IRE) 100-1 (11-2) Always behind, weakened 4 out, pulled up before 2 out, at Ascot 2m 6f (3) sft in Jan.
Kings Bandit (IRE) 8-1 (11-5) In rear, badly hampered 8 out, weakened from next, 4th of 10, 22 1/2l behind Voix D'eau (11-11) at Doncaster 2m 3f hcp (3) gd in Nov.
Nathans Pride (IRE) 20-1 (11-5) Always behind, tailed off 10th, 9th of 11, dist behind Padge (11-6) at Ascot 2m 3f hcp (3) gd in Oct.
