held up towards rear, blundered 6, effort 3 out, soon weakened
made all, mistake 3 out, ridden and ran on flat
held up rear, headway 8th, chased winner 3 out, hit last, not quicken flat
in rear, some headway 8th, soon weakened
in touch, ridden and headway 7th, chased winner approaching 3 out, weakened approaching next
held up mid-division, headway 6th, soon ridden, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out
always in rear, lost touch from 7th, pulled up before 3 out
prominent, mistake 3rd, left 2nd after 8th, ridden and weakened approaching 2 out
held up, headway 3rd, weakened after 8th, tailed off
prominent, chased winner 5th, close 2nd when pulled up lame after 8th
Dont Ask Me is taken to follow up his recent Exeter win and gets the vote ahead of Astyanax and Possible Gale. The Martin Pipe-trained selection is sure to go up in the ratings by more than his penalty for that win, and accordingly feasibly well-treated, he can go well. Possible Gale comes here in good heart following two wins, although they came in selling company, while two-mile Flat winner Astyanax is potentially interesting from the Nicky Henderson yard. For us, the others have something to prove. All of which returns us to the selection, which is Dont Ask Me.
Possible Gale (IRE) 85-40fav (11-5) Held up towards rear, headway to chase leader 5th, led 2 out, ridden out, won at Hexham 2m sll hdl (G) gf in Sept beating Seafire Lad (11-5) by 3 1/2l, 11 ran.
Astyanax (IRE) 7-1 (11-1) Led, jumped right 6th, headed 7th, weakened approaching 3 out, 7th of 12, 27l behind Water King (11-1) at Ludlow 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-115 (D) gd in Apr.
Teorban (POL) 8-1 (10-7) Mid-division, weakened after 9th, 12th of 16, 38l behind Turaath (11-8) at Taunton 3m hcp hdl 0-110 (E) gd in Feb.
Mistified (IRE) 10-3 (11-0) In touch to 8th, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up 2 out in race won by Getoutwhenyoucan (11-12) at N Abbot 3m 3f hcp hdl 0-105 (E) gs in Jul, 7 ran.
Don't Ask Me (IRE) 11-4jt-fav (10-1) Mid-division, headway from 5th, chased leaders 7th, led 2 out, ran on, won at Exeter 2m 3f hcp hdl 0-115 (D) gs beating Nippy Des Mottes (11-8) by a nk, 14 ran.
Regulated (IRE) 12-1 (10-12) Jumped left throughout, chased leaders, mistake 6th, weakened approaching 7th, behind when pulled up in race won by Frosty Jak (11-1) at Exeter 2m 6f amt nov hdl (E) gs, 10 ran.
Welsh Dane 11-1 (10-13) Tracked leaders, ridden to chase leaders 3 out, one pace approaching last, 3rd of 14, 4 1/2l behind Penric (11-3) at Hereford 2m 3f cnd nov hcp hdl (F) gf.
Shaamit The Vaamit (IRE) 13-2 (11-0) Held up in mid-division, ridden 5th, kept on same pace from 3 out, 5th of 12, 30l behind Flying Enterprise (11-7) at N Abbot 2m 1f nov hdl (E) gd in Apr.
