in rear, ridden 3 out, some progress at next, kept on
held up towards rear, headway approaching 3 out, ridden to chase winner and hit 2 out, one pace last
tracked leaders and keen, weakened 5th
mid-division and keen, headway 4th, led 3 out, ridden clear 2 out, eased towards finish
tracked leader 3rd, led soon after, headed after 5th, ridden 3 out, weakened 2 out
mid-division, steady headway 5th, mistake next and weakened
tracked leaders, ridden and hanging right and weakened approaching 3 out
led, jumped slowly 3rd and headed, ridden 5th, led briefly after, weakened approaching 2 out
in rear and keen, joined leaders 4th, pulled up before 3 out
Nonrunner
Tessanoora is taken to get back to winning ways at the expense of O'Toole, The Rising Moon and Miss Pebbles. Tessanoora was beaten five lengths by Miss Pebbles when they met at Hereford last November but has improved greatly since then, scoring at Huntingdon and over today's course-and-distance. She was then not disgraced when lining up off an 11lb higher mark at Ayr in April, only outbattled on the run-in by Into The Shadows who then contested the Swinton Hurdle at Haydock. Given her improvement, Nicky Henderson's mare should safely turn the tables on Miss Pebbles who has not been in the best of form, and a bigger threat will be O'Toole who returns to the smaller obstacles after scraping home in a chase at Newton Abbot. He did well to overcome a mistake two out that day, but a confidence-booster here will stand him in good stead for the future. The Rising Moon has ability but things have gone wrong for him and the topweight is best watched, with preference much for Tessanoora.
The Rising Moon (IRE) 9-4fav (11-2) Held up, hit 6th, headway 8th, weakend quickly pulled up 3 out in race won by Kercabellec (11-2) at Market Rasen 2m 4f beg chs (4) sft in Mar, 10 ran.
Tessanoora 11-4 (10-11) Tracked leaders, led 3 out, headed run-in, kept on, 2nd of 5, 3 1/2l behind Into The Shadows (10-5) at Ayr 2m hcp hdl (2) gs in Apr.
Nostra (FR) 20-1 (11-12) Chased leader, switched to outer approaching 4th, ridden after 6th, weakened quickly and pulled up 4 out in race won by Bally Bolshoi (10-3) at Exeter 2m 3f mrs hcp hdl (3) sft in Feb, 7 ran.
O'Toole (IRE) 3-1fav (11-8) In touch, headway to lead 4 out, ridden when stumbled 2 out, hard ridden last, ran on flat, just held on, won at N Abbot 2m hcp chs 0-115 (4) gf in Apr beating Jupon Vert (10-8) by a nk, 8 ran.
Marrel 12-1 (11-2) Mid-division, headway approaching 6th, ridden after 8th, weakened before next, 5th of 14, 10l behind Kristoffersen (11-0) at Ludlow 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-120 (3) gf in Apr.
Mikado Melody (IRE) 16-1 (11-3) Held up last, ridden 3 out, soon weakened and pulled up 2 out in race won by Saltango (11-8) at Wincanton 2m 6f nov hcp hdl (3) sft in Mar, 8 ran.
Miss Pebbles (IRE) 9-1 (11-5) Chased leaders, ridden, not much room 3 out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 16, 14l behind Charmatic (10-12) at Towcester 2m mrs nov hdl (4) gd in Apr.
Harrycat (IRE) 20-1 (10-9) Held up in touch, mistake 4th, soon lost place, 10th of 12, 48l behind Hernando's Boy (11-1) at Huntingdon 2m hcp hdl 0-125 (D) gd in Dec.
