held up towards rear, headway 6th, pecked 14th, ridden next, challenged last, soon led, headed final 200 yards, stayed on same pace
patiently ridden in rear, steady headway from 4 out, went 3rd last, led final 200 yards, stayed on well, good ride
led until 15th, 3rd and ridden after 2 out, pulled up before last, tack problems
held up in rear, not fluent 4th, hit next, mistake 14th, in touch next, hit 2 out, weakened last
chased leaders, reminders after 7th, not fluent next, lost place when hit 14th, behind next
tracked leader, led 15th, headed after last, no extra final 150 yards
tracked leaders, not fluent 12th, stayed on same pace from 2 out
tracked leaders, dropped to mid-division 4th, lost place 6th, soon in rear, tailed off
ABRAGANTE won for the first time in this sphere at Sedgefield 12 days ago. A formerly useful chaser, he's had his problems recently but looks back on track now and may well be capable of following up. Sacred Mountain boasts decent form in point-to-points but his record under Rules leaves plenty to be desired and more interesting is L'Oudon, runner-up at Catterick and Sedgefield in his last two starts. Special Portrait was third at Aintree earlier this month but looks held by the selection on a line through winner Aggie's Lad.
Special Portrait (IRE) 5-2 (11-10) Led, jumped big early, headed 4th, mostly tracked leader after, hit 3 out, no impression on winner 2 out, lost 2nd before last, 3rd of 7, 30l behind Aggie's Lad (11-6) at Aintree 3m 1f hts chs (5) gd.
Abragante (IRE) 9-4fav (11-7) Held up towards rear, chased leaders when blundered 8th, went 2nd before 2 out, led before last, kept on well, won at Sedgefield 2m 5f hts chs (6) gd beating Spellchecker (12-1) by 8l, 10 ran.
Beau Traveller 14-1 (11-9) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, weakened from 10th, 4th of 6, well behind Divine Intavention (11-9) at Market Rasen 2m 6f hts chs (6) gf.
L'oudon (FR) 4-1 (11-9) Mid-division, went 2nd after 9th, challenged last, no extra last 100 yards, 2nd of 9, 3 1/2l behind Sheknowsyouknow (11-2) at Sedgefield 2m 4f nov hts chs (6) gd.
Royal Man (FR) 14-1 (12-0) Some prog app 14; wknd aft nxt, 7th of 11, 46l behind Hold On Julio (12-0) at Alnwick 3m ptp sft in Mar.
Sacred Mountain (12-3) Ap; led 11; in comm 14, won at Aspatria 3m ptp gs beating Noir Et Vert (12-0) by 5l, 8 ran.
Floreana (GER) 8-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders, mistake and lost place 14th, soon struggling, 7th of 10, 40l behind Commercial Express (11-5) at Perth 3m 2f hts chs (5) gd in Apr.
Kilbricken Rose (IRE) 12-1 (11-12) In tch to 15; to, 8th of 15, 41l behind Another Dark Rum (12-5) at Hexham Points 3m ptp gf.
