tracked leading pair, brushed 4th, pushed along and outpaced before 2 out
jumped well, made all, came clear from 2 out, unchallenged
keen at times, held up, headway tracking winner 4th, pushed along and effort on inside and mistake 2 out, soon beaten
pulled hard, tracked winner until went left and dropped to rear 4th, lost touch 4 out, tailed off
HIGHLY PRIZED showed a fine attitude on just his second career start when outbattling previous winner Heatstroke at Wincanton over today's forecast trip and ground. Tiffin Top finished a close-up third that day and should make a real race of it here with a weights swing of 4lb in his favour. However, the Lavelle inmate should have greater scope for progression and is taken to confirm placings. Locker Room Talk was out of his depth at Aintree when last seen but scored decisively under today's amateur pilot at Huntingdon on his previous start and can take a hand in what rates an interesting three-cornered shoot-out.
Highly Prized 20-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, challenged before 2 out, driven flat, led towards finish, ran on, won at Wincanton 1m 7f (4) gd in Apr beating Heatstroke (11-6) by hd, 10 ran.
Locker Room Talk (IRE) 22-1 (11-1) Pressed leader until before 4th, ridden after 6th, soon beaten, 16th of 19, dist behind Chief Justice (11-2) at Aintree 2m hcp (2) gd in Apr.
Tiffin Top 9-4fav (11-1) Raced keenly, tracked leader, ridden to challenge on inside between last 2, kept on same pace, rallied and every chance towards finish, just held, 2nd of 9, nk behind Vision Clear (10-8) at Kempton 2m (4) gd in May.
Salazar (IRE) 250-1 (10-13) Pulled hard, prominent on outside, lost place 4 out, soon weakened, 10th of 13, dist behind Melekhov (11-4) at Exeter 2m 1f mdn (5) gs in Apr.
