held up in touch, close up 4th, led 4 out, blundered 3 out, ridden after 2 out, left clear last, kept on
led, headed 4 out and ridden, weakened before 3 out
prominent, almost upsides 6th, not fluent 7th, ridden 5 out, weakening when mistake 3 out, no extra
held up in rear, still in rear but in touch 5 out, headway under pressure 3 out, left in 2nd last, kept on flat but no chance with winner
held up towards rear, steady headway 5 out, ridden 4 out, one pace from 2 out
prominent, mistake and lost place 3rd, ridden and weakened 4 out
towards rear, midfield 5th, headway 7th, pressed leader 4 out, close up when ridden before 2 out, still in touch when fell last
Sebastopol was impressive when scoring at Kempton and started favourite for a Listed contest at Ayr but only got as far as the first. MICK PASTOR completed a four-timer last summer when beating Tom Lacey's charge twenty lengths in a two-runner race at Exeter. He's subsequently contested graded races including the Maghull at Aintree and is taken to return to winning ways. Rikoboy won a Warwick handicap by ten lengths and a 6lb rise looks manageable while King D'Argent has been racing in stronger company and will appreciate the quicker ground better than most.
Sebastopol (IRE) 15-8fav (11-11) Midfield, fell 1st, at Ayr 2m hcp lst (1) gs in Apr.
Mick Pastor (FR) 40-1 (11-4) Held up in rear, raced keenly, no impression before 3 out, hanging left and well beaten before 2 out, 5th of 6, dist behind Gentleman De Mee (11-4) at Aintree 2m (1) gs in Apr.
King D'Argent (FR) 10-1 (10-12) Held up in rear, pecked 2nd, not fluent 4th, headway 3 out, went 4th when jumped left last, no impression on front pair, lost 4th close home, 5th of 16, 18l behind The Last Day (10-6) at Aintree 2m hcp (1) gs in Apr.
Leapaway (IRE) 7-1 (10-2) Held up in rear, blundered 9th, mistake 4 out, well beaten from 3 out, 6th of 7, 21 1/4l behind Before Midnight (10-3) at Cheltenham 2m hcp (2) gd in Oct.
Rikoboy (FR) 9-1 (11-3) Tracked leading pair, went 2nd before 7th, ridden and stayed on same pace before 2 out, no chance with easy winner, won at Warwick 2m hcp (3) gd in Mar beating Prince Escalus (12-5) by 10l, 4 ran.
Moonlighter 3-1 (11-8) Led until 1st, chased leader, jumped slowly 3rd, led again briefly before mistake 6th, pressed leader until next where blundered and unseated rider, at Warwick 2m hcp (3) gd in Mar.
Zambezi Fix (FR) 28-1 (10-8) Held up and always towards rear, tailed off, 17th of 22, dist behind Suprise Package (11-1) at Sandown 2m hcp (1) sft in Mar.
