chased winner until 7th, chased leaders, badly baulked 9th, reminders soon after, chased leaders, ridden and weakened before 3 out, pulled up
held up, outpaced 11th, rallied 4 out, went 3rd 2 out, modest 2nd at the last, never any chance with easy winner
held up in rear, some headway 6th, struggling 4 out, never involved, went poor 4th run-in
chased leaders, went badly left 9th, went 2nd after 10 until approaching 4 out, weakened 4 out, soon behind, went badly left 3 out
held up in 5th, dropped to rear 7th, rallied approaching 4 out, 3rd soon after, one pace and no impression before next, lost 3rd 2 out, no extra and lost poor 4th run-in
chased leaders, went 2nd 7th until after 10th, 2nd again approaching 4 out, no chance with easy winner, weakened into 3rd at the last
made all, clear 11th, kept on strongly, unchallenged
This is probably the most competitive race on the card as most of these have been in decent form between the flags recently. BRICE CANYON was particularly impressive at Cold Harbour 11 days ago and can make all if handling these trickier fences. Carnglave Cat and See U Again Son are dangers, however, with the latter open to more improvement than most. Gentle Duke could cash in if the likely market principals have an off day.
Ballet Marbleless 25-1 (12-0) Hdwy 14; wknd 3 out, 3rd of 9, 31l behind Indian Leader (12-0) at Llwyn Ddu 3m gs in May.
Brice Canyon (FR) 5-4fav (12-0) Gd hdwy aft 5; led 9; drew clr 12; unchall, won at Cold Harbour 2m 4f gd in May beating Banned In Bhutan (12-0) by 20l, 10 ran.
Carnglave Cat (IRE) 5-2 (12-5) (cp) (tt) hdwy 13; led 15; just held on, won at Peper Harow 3m gd in Apr beating Orfeo Conti (12-0) by hd, 7 ran.
Coeur Brule (FR) 14-1 (12-0) In tch to 15; t.o, 5th of 8, dist behind King's Legacy (12-0) at Larkhill 3m gf in Apr.
Gentle Duke 5-2 (12-0) (tt) hdwy 6; ev ch 2 out; nt qckn, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind Midnight Haze (12-7) at Cold Harbour 3m gd in May.
Mr Raj (IRE) 6-1 (12-0) Held up; kpt on one pce 3 out, 2nd of 4, 3l behind The Admiral Benbow (12-0) at Northaw 3m sft in May.
See U Again Son (IRE) 6-4fav (11-7) (tt) made all; easy, won at Lydstep 3m gd in Apr beating Rosies Peacock (12-5) by 5l, 8 ran.
