led, headed approaching 2 out, weakened approaching last, lost 2nd flat
prominent, weakened 5 out
chased leaders, hit 10th, weakened approaching 4 out, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
held up, headway approaching 10th, went 2nd 5 out, led approaching 2 out, clear last
held up in rear, hit 5th, headway 13th, weakened from next, pulled up before 2 out
soon behind, mistake 11th, weakened 6 out, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
held up, headway 10th, in 3rd when mistake 3 out, kept on to take 2nd flat, no chance with winner
in touch, weakened from 12th, pulled up before 4 out
soon behind, never dangerous
chased leaders, lost place approaching 9th, pulled up before 10th
The Butterwick Kid has his final run of his career here and can land the opener at the expense of Imps Way and Royal Snoopy. The selection has had ninety three outings winning nineteen of them and has been in good form this past season winning at Newcastle in February and most recently finishing second to Jacksonville at Kelso. That form looks fair enough and he will only have reproduce that to win this. Royal Snoopy is another old campaigner and at the age of thirteen is not getting any younger. He managed a win at Market Rasen last summer but got beat in a point to point last time out to suggest that he might well struggle here too. Imps Way pulled up on his seasonal reappearance but came on for that to finish second at Hexham last timeout. He can run well again but for the winner we return to The Butterwick Kid.
The Butterwick Kid 15-8fav (11-12) Led, ridden after last, headed towards finish, no extra, 2nd of 8, 2 1/2l behind Jacksonville (11-9) at Kelso 3m 1f hts chs (5) sft in Apr.
Royal Snoopy (IRE) 3-1 (12-5) Cl 2nd til lft in ld 13; hdd & wknd app last, 2nd of 11, 8l behind Astral Prince (12-5) at Witton Castle 3m ptp gd.
Flat Stanley 2-1fav (12-0) Rr & pushed along 11; rmdrs 13; ev ch last; wknd flat, 4th of 7, 7l behind Wild Edgar (12-0) at Witton Castle 3m ptp gd.
Imps Way 5-4fav (11-11) Held up in rear, headway 13th, led between last 2, headed towards finish, no extra, 2nd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Jupiter's Fancy (11-7) at Hexham 3m 1f hts chs (6) gf.
Just A Man 7-2 (12-5) (cp) held up last to 4 out; str run to ld nr fin; lkd to fin 1st, 2nd of 7, nk behind Wild Edgar (12-0) at Witton Castle 3m ptp gd.
Mile High City (IRE) 10-1 (12-5) (cp) a.p; lft 2nd 6; drvn to ld app last; all out, won at Heslaker 3m ptp gf in Apr beating Shannahyde (12-5) by 1l, 7 ran.
Plutocrat 6-4fav (12-5) Held up; hdwy 11; went 2nd 14; ev ch last; one pce, 3rd of 10, 16l behind Junior Fontaine (12-5) at Easingwold 3m ptp gf in Apr.
San Francisco 4-1 (11-0) Held up; led 2 out; sn hdd; no ex, 2nd of 8, 3l behind Iron Express (11-0) at Flagg Moor 3m ptp sft in Apr.
