held up in rear, outpaced 4 out, never on terms
held up, outpaced 3 out, kept on under pressure from next, never on terms
held up in touch, headway after 3 out, no impression when blundered next, weakened
steady pace, made all, quickned 6th, mistake next, stayed on well from 2 out, 6 lengths clear last, comfortably
tracked leaders, lost through on 4, mistake and lost place on 7th, soon ridden, stayed on under pressure from 2 out, went 3rd last, no impression
held up in touch, outpaced 3 out, soon beaten
keen early, tracked winner, effort approaching 2 out, soon ridden and kept on same pace
Gee Dee gets the confident vote in the opener with Ellerslie Ali and Dad's Army rating the main dangers. The selection was a fair second behind Bennynthejets last time out and he looks sure to improve again for this longer trip. He has conditions that suit and with his yard continuing in good form he is hard to oppose. Ellerslie Ali rates the main danger on his latest second behind Cornerback, but he is very one-paced at the end of his races and again he looks vulnerable. Dad's Army has run with promise on a couple of occasions in the past but he pulled-up for no apparent reason last time out so can not be put forward with too much confidence. Of the others, Solar Rock is out of a winning chaser and will not have to be anything special to take a hand in the finish, so is certainly worth a cautionary look in the market, but Gee Dee sets a fair standard and will be hard to beat.
Captain Timeless 100-1 (10-2) Held up, weakened over 5f out, tailed off, last of 15, 44l behind Fintan (10-5) at Huntingdon 1m 6f nhf (6) gf in Nov '06.
Dad's Army (IRE) 40-1 (10-5) Mid-division, ridden after 7th, behind after next, tailed off and pulled up 2 out in race won by Rebel Melody (10-12) at Huntingdon 3m 2f nh nov hdl (4) gs in Dec, 12 ran.
Gagarin (FR) 100-1 (10-2) Always behind, 7th of 13, 34l behind Dundock (11-0) at Musselburgh 2m 4f nov hcp hdl 0-100 (4) sft in Jan.
Gee Dee (IRE) 7-1 (11-0) Led until approaching 5th, remained prominent, every chance from 2 out, hard ridden and stayed on strongly flat, 2nd of 15, hd behind Bennynthejets (10-11) at Catterick 2m 3f mdn hdl (5) gd in Dec.
Heathcliff (IRE) 22-1 (11-5) Always towards rear, 10th of 14, well behind Cardinal Spirit (11-5) at Doncaster 3m mdn hdl (4) gd in Feb.
Smoke It (IRE) 200-1 (11-4) Towards rear, ridden 4th, mistake 6th, never on terms, 10th of 15, well behind Orphelin Collonges (11-4) at Ludlow 2m 5f mdn hdl (4) sft in Feb.
Solar Rock (IRE) Fourstars Allstar gelding out of winning chaser Baltic Brown.
Ellerslie Ali (IRE) 7-1 (10-9) Held up, headway 4th, chased winner 2 out, no impression, 2nd of 16, 6l behind Cornerback (11-2) at Newcastle 2m 6f mdn hdl (5) gs in Feb.
