led, pushed along after 3 out, narrowly headed approaching 2 out, chased winner, held when blundered last, kept on as winner idled in closing stages, always held
raced widest, chased leaders, brushed 6th, outpaced 3 out, ridden after next, went badly left last, kept on well under pressure flat
chased leaders, jumped slowly 2nd, reminders and struggling after 5th, tailed off
always last, pushed along when mistake 2nd, went badly left next, tailed off 5th, soon pulled up
took keen hold early, chased leaders, 2nd after 3rd, went left 4th, pushed along after 5th, led approaching 2 out, went left last, clear flat, driven and idled in closing stages, always doing enough
went right 1st, chased leaders, went right again and bumped 4th, pushed along and outpaced after 5th, ridden after next, never on terms after
BISHOP WULSTAN has done very well since making a successful hurdling debut at Ludlow and was a long way clear of the third when runner-up to Knight In Purple in a Doncaster handicap last time, form that should be good enough for this. Jamie Snowden had three entries at the early stage and relies on the filly Dino Mite, a winner on the Flat at Southwell, who made her hurdling debut in a Listed contest at Aintree. Neither Par Three nor Rock Of Leon showed much on the Flat, though the latter managed a victory at Wolverhampton in October.
Bishop Wulstan (IRE) 14-1 (10-5) Held up towards rear, ridden and headway before last, soon went 2nd, kept on strongly run-in, held towards finish, 2nd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Knight In Purple (10-10) at Doncaster 2m hcp hdl 0-120 (4) sft.
Libeccio (FR) 40-1 (10-12) In rear, not fluent 4th, well beaten after 3 out, went left last, 11th of 13, 22l behind Chatez (11-5) at Warwick 2m 3yo hdl (4) sft.
Par Three (IRE) 6-1 (9-5) Held up, went 2nd after 3f until ridden over 2f out, weakened from over 1f out, 5th of 6, 12l behind Silver Mountain (9-5) at Kempton 1m 4f mdn auc stks (6) pol (flat).
Poetic Justice 16-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders, ridden 6f out, lost place over 3f out, soon behind, 4th of 5, 40l behind Dalaman (10-12) at Towcester 1m 5f 3yo NH flat (6) hvy in Nov.
Rock Of Leon 5-2fav (8-12) Tracked winner, no extra and lost 2nd place towards finish, 3rd of 8, 3/4l behind Cascadia (8-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) in Oct (flat).
Dino Mite 20-1 (10-12) Held up behind, tended to jump right, chased leaders when mistake 4 out, outpaced before next, soon weakened, tailed off, 6th of 8, well behind Nyanza (10-12) at Aintree 2m 1f Lstd fills juv hdl (1) gs.
