led, pushed along over 2f out, soon headed and weakened quickly
tracked leader, pushed along 3f out, closed to lead 2f out, hung right and ridden over 1f out, stayed on, driven out
held up well off the pace in 4th, closed when switched left and went 3rd inside final 2f, plugged on
steadied start, raced keenly, held up in 3rd, closed going well over 2f out, switched right and went 2nd entering final 2f, soon switched left, stayed on same pace final furlong
Bardd won a Sandown bumper last year and made a winning start on the Flat when taking a Chelmsford maiden. Nicky Henderson doesn’t run many on the all-weather so his presence is significant but NIGHT OF GLORY is a decent middle-distance performer on Turf and is surely the one to beat if taking to the surface. Firmage Burg will be going hurdling soon but did run well on his sole start in France, though that was back in March. Arctic Chief has been placed in bumpers but that was a very long time ago and he showed nothing over hurdles last year.
Bardd (IRE) 2-1 (9-9) Held up mid-division, went 2nd 4f out, led over 1f out, ridden and edged left inside final furlong, kept on, won at Chelmsford City 1m 5f mdn stks (6) pol in Dec beating Prerogative (9-5) by 1 3/4l, 7 ran.
Night Of Glory 4-1 (11-0) Not fluent, held up, ridden and headway 3 out, no impression after, hit last, 3rd of 7, 17 1/2l behind Sussex Ranger (11-5) at Sandown 2m (2) gs in Dec.
Arctic Chief 33-1 (11-6) Held up in rear, pushed along after 3 out, soon weakened, last of 8, dist behind Dr Des (11-6) at Stratford 2m mdn (4) gs in Oct.
Firmage Burg (FR) (8-8) 3rd of 9, nk behind Hukamaa (8-12) at Argentan 1m 4f mdn gd in Mar.
