always in last, ridden and weakened approaching 4 out
prominent, ridden approaching 4 out, soon one pace
led, ridden and headed 4 out, rallied approaching 2 out, regained 2nd near finish, but no chance with winner
tracked leaders, ridden approaching 4 out, weakened after 3 out
tracking leaders when fell 5th
jumped left 1st 3, held up, ridden after 6th, weakened 4 out
held up, headway 7th, ridden to chase winner 4 out, kept on but always held, lost 2nd near finish
jumped well, tracked leaders, led 4 out, shaken up approaching last, ran on well, comfortably
Theatre Diva has been found a decent opening for her chase bow and can come home ahead of Malakiya and Scaramouche. The selection made rapid progress over hurdles last season, winning two of her last three starts. Her stable could hardly be in better form as she makes her reappearance, she has conditions in her favour and is bred to jump a fence. Malakiya has faced stiff tasks on both outings over fences and can be expected to take closer order in this less exacting company and he appears to be the chief threat to the selection. Hydromatic has shown a glimmer of ability but takes a marked drop in trip and of more interest is Scaramouche. He's done most of his racing over further but should find this an adequate test and performed well enough over hurdles to be of interest in this company. However, the claims of Theatre Diva are preferred on this occasion.
Another Late Night (IRE) (11-7) 3rd of 9, 3 1/2l behind The Champ (11-7) at Lemonfield 3m ire ptp gs in Mar '05.
Hydromatic (IRE) 16-1 (11-0) Towards rear, lost touch 9th, tailed off when pulled up at the 12th in race won by Portland Bill (11-0) at Exeter 2m 7f beg chs (4) gs in Dec, 10 ran.
Manhattan Boy (GER) 6-1 (11-0) Led, not fluent 7th, headed 3 out, weakened 2 out, tailed off, last of 4, well behind Noland (11-0) at Folkestone 2m beg chs (4) hvy.
Scaramouche 11-1 (10-1) Mid-division, ridden after 3 out, weakened before next, 13th of 18, 41l behind The Tother One (10-8) at Sandown 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-130 (3) hvy in Dec.
Tanners Den 200-1 (10-7) Prominent, lost place 5th, soon behind, 11th of 15, 33l behind Spirit of New York (11-0) at Stratford 2m nh nov hdl (4) gs in Mar.
Malakiya (IRE) 11-2 (10-9) Held up, headway 4th, ridden approaching 8th, weakened 3 out, 5th of 6, 16l behind Presenting Copper (10-7) at Warwick 2m beg chs (4) sft in Dec.
Silver Sister 16-1 (9-12) Held up in rear, beaten after 8th, soon behind, 6th of 9, well behind Ballyshan (10-4) at Warwick 3m 1f hcp hdl (2) hvy.
Theatre Diva (IRE) 11-10fav (11-7) Held up, smooth headway approaching 9th, led 2 out, easily, won at Ludlow 2m 5f mrs hcp hdl (4) gd in Jan '07 beating Chilly Milly (10-3) by 3l, 8 ran.
