tracked leaders, led 3rd, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch in 4th place, ridden after last, led towards finish, kept on and caught post
tracked leader, led 2f out, headed towards finish, rallied and to regain lead post
led to 3rd, weakened before 10th mistake 2 out, tailed off
in rear, went 3rd after last, kept on same pace run-in
Al Co beat CULTRAM ABBEY less than a length over course and distance last month. But the latter was closing fast at the finish and may well reverse running. Winged Crusader was well beaten in third on that occasion but has since finished closer at Musselburgh and Sir Jack Yeats won one of these events at Market Rasen last week. Killer Crow arrives on the back of a placed effort in a point-to-point but has just the one win over regulation fences in 26 attempts.
Al Co (FR) 13-2 (12-6) Raced wide, chased leaders, 2nd before 2 out, led before last, urged along and always doing enough run-in, won at Kelso 2m 7f (5) sft in Jan beating Cultram Abbey (12-6) by 3/4l, 5 ran.
Cultram Abbey 5-4fav (12-6) Held up, not fluent 7th, closer in 4th place 10th, going for run on inside when no room and checked approaching 13th, 3rd approaching 2 out, went 2nd last, kept on run-in, 2nd of 5, 3/4l behind Al Co (12-6) at Kelso 2m 7f (5) sft in Jan.
Sir Jack Yeats (IRE) 7-1 (12-6) Tracked leading pair, settled 4th after 8th, 2nd after 10th, led next, made rest, 3 lengths ahead last, edged right and idled towards finish, driven out, won at Market Rasen 3m (6) sft in Feb beating Cousin Pete (12-2) by 1/2l, 6 ran.
Winged Crusader (IRE) 12-1 (12-1) Ran in snatches, mistake 6th, outpaced 15th, 2nd before 4 out, well held by winner 2 out, 2nd of 6, 6l behind Wonderful Charm (12-4) at Musselburgh 3m 3f (5) sft in Feb.
Killer Crow (IRE) 11-4 (12-5) (h) (tt) trckd wnr; ev ch last; r.o, 2nd of 4, nk behind Cave Hunter (12-5) at Friars Haugh 3m sft in Jan.
