chased leaders, ridden after 3rd, blundered next, soon behind, pulled after 5th
in touch, headway to press winner approaching 6th, ridden after 3 out, kept on same pace
pulled hard behind leaders, third and ridden approaching 2 out, weakened approaching last
chased leaders until 6th, soon ridden, weakened 3 out
always prominent, led 3rd, ridden approaching 2 out, veered badly right run in, driven out
always towards rear
held up rear, headway 5th, chased leaders approaching 3 out, soon weakened
soon led, headed 3rd, chased leaders until weakened after 5th, tailed off
prominent, hit fifth, soon weakened, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
Beauly can defy a seven-pound penalty at the expense of The Hearty Joker and Princess Aimee in a race that should not take too much winning. Martin Pipe was obviously impressed by Beauly's easy success at Exeter last time as the nine-year-old, trained then by John O'Shea, had Pipe's runner Delaware back in fourth place. Claimed afterwards, he lines up under a penalty now but has little to beat and can follow up with conditions in his favour. The main danger could be The Hearty Joker if back to his best, but he has been disappointing since put back over hurdles and is no reliable conveyance at present. Princess Aimee picked up a similar race to this at Market Rasen the time before last and will appreciate being back at this level after her run in better grade at Bangor. The rest make no appeal, and Beauly should really make his first outing for the Pipe yard a winning one.
