tracked leader, led before 4 out, clear before 3 out, kept on well from last
led and soon clear, headed before 4 out, remained close up until before 3 out when outpaced, no extra and lost 2nd place last 50 yards
tracked leaders in 3rd, outpaced after 4 out, kept on to take 2nd last 50 yards, no impression
tracked leaders in 4th, blundered 1st, weakened from 5 out, tailed off, pulled up
in rear, pushed along before 5 out, soon weakened, tailed off, pulled up
There are only 32 entries spread over today’s six races but three previous winners contest this opener. Fairlee Grey tried to make all in a Grade 2 at Kelso after winning easily at Ayr but was a tired horse when crashing out at the last and took a long time to recover. Chti Balko had little to beat at Catterick and duly opened his account but could find POTTERS STORY a tough nut to crack today. Peter Bowen’s charge was possibly lucky to make a winning debut over hurdles at Ffos Las as leader Aintree My Dream fell at the last. But the latter has bolted up since and the pair were clear of the others so the form looks solid.
Chti Balko (FR) (11-2) Made all, clear fro after 3 out, easily, won at Catterick 2m mdn (5) sft in Feb beating Life Knowledge (11-2) by dist, 8 ran.
Fairlee Grey 5-1 (11-5) Led and soon clear, pushed along after 3 out, headed before 2 out, soon weakened, pulled up, at Kelso 2m 2f (1) hvy in Mar.
Potters Story 11-1 (11-2) Tracked leader, driven and effort before 2 out, close up when left clear last (poor visibility), won at Ffos Las 2m (4) sft in Feb beating Going For Broke (11-8) by 14l, 6 ran.
Framley Garth (IRE) 125-1 (8-13) Took keen hold, chased leaders on outside, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 7th of 13, 7 1/4l behind General Hazard (9-4) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Sir Luke Arno 250-1 (11-2) Tracked leaders, mistakes 2nd and 5th, weakened 4 out, pulled up before next, at Ludlow 2m (4) sft in Mar.
