held up behind leaders, mistake 3 out, challenged 2 out, led before last, hard ridden and edged left flat, headed towards finish
held up in rear, raced keenly, not fluent 5th, well beaten when hit 2 out
tracked leader, led 3 out, soon headed, every chance when not fluent 2 out, held flat, kept on
tracked leaders, not fluent 6th, led just after 3 out, headed before not fluent last, no extra towards finish
chased leaders on outside, hit 1st, not much room after 3 out, close up 2 out, held and not fluent last
led, slow 6th, slow and headed next, lost place before 2 out
held up towards rear, not fluent 3 out, headway 2 out, stayed on flat, led towards finish
Dear Sire won over a similar trip at Bangor last month and was then third over 2m at Uttoxeter. Imperial Elysian continued where he’d left off at the start of the year by completing a hat-trick at Southwell and he shouldn’t be far away again. Following a pipe-opener, Bootlegger has claims on his win at Doncaster in January while Newtown Boy goes well fresh and reappears on a fair mark. NATIVE FIGHTER has risen through the ranks and Charlotte Jones has a good record on Jimmy Moffatt’s six-year-old who is getting plenty of weight from his rivals in testing going if taking his rider's claim into account.
Dear Sire (FR) 9-1 (11-12) Held up in rear, headway 3 out, challenged last, 3rd and held when hung left towards finish, 3rd of 8, 2 1/4l behind Percy (10-12) at Uttoxeter 2m hcp (3) gd in Aug.
Speredek (FR) 12-1 (11-12) Towards rear, ridden before 3 out, soon weakened, 8th of 11, dist behind Earth Moor (10-6) at Taunton 2m 3f hcp (3) sft in Jan.
Bootlegger (IRE) 9-1 (11-6) Held up towards rear, ridden and weakened after 3 out, last of 9, 30 1/4l behind Doubly Clever (11-12) at Newton Abbot 2m 6f hcp (3) gd in Aug.
Imperial Elysian (IRE) 9-1 (11-6) Tracked leaders on inside, not fluent 6th, led 2 out, clear before last, comfortably, won at Southwell 2m 4f hcp (4) gd in Jul beating Higgs (11-7) by 5 1/2l, 12 ran.
Newtown Boy (IRE) 15-2 (10-5) Always behind, tailed off from normal 3 out, last of 6, dist behind The Con Man (10-5) at Kelso 2m 5f hcp (2) sft in Jan.
Tree Of Liberty (IRE) 14-1 (11-3) Led early, headed 3rd, led again after 4th, hit 6th and disputed lead after, headed after 3 out, lost second before 2 out, weakened after 2 out, 4th of 9, 12 3/4l behind Chapmanshype (11-10) at Fontwell 2m 3f hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Native Fighter (IRE) 13-2 (11-12) Held up in rear, hit 5th, headway before 3 out, close 3rd last, held off final bend, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 10, 5 3/4l behind Chocolat Noir (11-0) at Cartmel 2m 6f hcp (4) gs in Jul.
