held up towards rear, headway on outside chasing leaders before 2 out, ridden in 5th hanging right and held when blundered last
took keen hold, held up in touch in mid-division, headway chasing leaders approaching 2 out, blundered 2 out, not recover, weakened
always towards rear, never on terms
made most until narrowly headed 2 out, chased leader, ridden approaching last, led again soon after last, driven and strongly pressed towards finish, held on gamely
took keen hold, chased leaders, not fluent 5th, went 2nd going well on long run before 2 out, led narrowly 2 out, about 1 length ahead when mistake last, soon headed, rallied and kept on but unable to recover
mid-division, headway on outside chasing leaders before 2 out, pushed along when slightly hampered soon after 2 out, ridden and no impression between last two
raced keenly, chased leaders, ridden between last two, chance when hit last, kept on under pressure run-in
held up in mid-division, pushed along after 3 out, soon weakened, behind when blundered 2 out, pulled up
took keen hold, held up in last trio, good headway on inside chasing leaders before 2 out, disputing close 2nd when awkward last, driven and stayed on run-in,
always in rear, tailed off and pulled up approaching 2 out
held up towards rear, headway on outside chasing leaders when badly hampered and lost all momentum 2 out, rallied approaching last, kept on run-in but unable to recover
chased winner until pushed along on long run before 2 out, weakened quickly, tailed off
Wait For Me, William H Bonney and Bigmartre are all making their seasonal reappearances. It’s more than two years since Apsatou won her one and only start at Cagnes-Sur-Mer and Bangor second Drumcliff steps up a grade. However, there are possibilities about Huntingdon winner New Member, who will like the track, and A Boy Named Suzi. BELTOR (NAP) was once held in high regard and showed he retains plenty of ability when winning on the all-weather here earlier in the month. He’s potentially well treated over hurdles in back to his best.
Wait For Me (FR) 4-1fav (11-2) Not that fluent, tracked leaders on inside, led after 3 out, headed next, weakened flat, 8th of 16, 15 3/4l behind Gwafa (11-0) at Haydock 2m hcp (1) gd in May.
William H Bonney 50-1 (11-7) Mid-division, outpaced 3 out, never on terms, 10th of 14, 26 3/4l behind Altior (11-7) at Cheltenham 2m (1) gs in Mar.
Bertimont (FR) 33-1 (11-8) Raced keenly, tracked leaders, pushed along and weakened after 3 out, soon behind, fell heavily 2 out, at Sandown 2m hcp lst (1) gs in Dec.
Bigmartre (FR) 10-1 (11-4) Held up mid-division, pushed along before 4 out, headway before 3 out, ridden before last, kept on to take 3rd place close home, 3rd of 17, 14l behind Ivan Grozny (11-12) at Aintree 2m hcp (2) sft in Apr.
Beltor 5-1 (9-4) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, led inside final furlong, kept on well, won at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in Dec beating Wolf Of Windlesham (8-13) by 1 1/4l, 12 ran.
Cloonacool (IRE) 11-1 (11-3) Mid-division, headway 4 out, weakened before 2 out, 11th of 12, 29 1/4l behind Sternrubin (11-10) at Ascot 2m hcp lst (1) gd in Oct.
New Member (IRE) 16-1 (11-12) Tracked leaders, challenged 2 out, led and went right last, driven and ran on well flat, won at Huntingdon 2m hcp (3) gs in Dec beating Satanic Beat (11-8) by 1 1/4l, 10 ran.
Thunder Sheik (IRE) 66-1 (10-2) In rear, ridden 4th, soon weakened, pulled up before 3 out, at Cheltenham 2m hcp (1) sft in Nov.
Eddiemaurice (IRE) 12-1 (11-4) Mid-division, headway 3 out, ridden and every chance after 2 out, weakened approaching last, 11th of 13, dist behind Kapstadt (11-5) at Cheltenham 2m 1f hcp (3) gd in Dec.
Apsatou (FR) (10-3) won at Cagnes-sur-Mer Midi 2m fll sft in Dec beating Cabrera Noire (10-3) by dist, 15 ran.
Drumcliff (IRE) 15-8 (10-12) Close up, tracked winner approaching 2 out, every chance and looked going best last, ridden and found little run-in, 2nd of 6, 1l behind Mr Mcgo (10-12) at Bangor 2m 1f (4) sft in Nov.
A Boy Named Suzi 7-2fav (11-10) Held up in rear, headway on outside before 5th, challenged 3 out, 3rd and unable to quicken not much room and switched right flat, no extra close home, 3rd of 10, 3 1/2l behind Baby Jake (11-12) at Huntingdon 2m hcp (3) gs in Nov.
