led, headed 3f out, lost place when not much room on inside over 2f out, well held after
held up in touch in 4th, ridden over 2f out, outpaced and no impression over 1f out
tracked leaders, went 2nd over 6f out, led 3f out, narrowly headed over 2f out, stayed pressing winner, edged left inside final furlong, held towards finish
close 2nd until over 6f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out
steadied start, held up, switched right and effort on outside over 3f out, led narrowly over 2f out, driven and stayed on inside final furlong, in command towards finish
Sennockian Star has already won three times since the turn of the year but he’s come up against COILLTE CAILIN on a couple of occasions at Wolverhampton this winter and come off worst on both occasions. He is now 5lb worse off than when finishing behind David O’Meara’s mare in Pactolus’ race earlier this month and will struggle to turn the tables. Dutch Uncle wasn’t winning out of turn last time but needs to take a further step forward to land this and doesn’t always find much off the bridle, though he probably holds Van Huysen on collateral form. Banditry is 5lb higher than when scoring at Chelmsford in October but has had a couple of runs over hurdles since and is not out of this.
Sennockian Star 3-1 (9-6) Led after 2f, headed after 3f, tracked leader, driven to regain lead over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon hard pressed, stayed on well, in command final 75 yards, won at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Feb beating Blue Surf (9-7) by 2l, 7 ran.
Coillte Cailin (IRE) 4-1 (9-4) Chased leaders, driven and every chance inside final furlong, held towards finish, 3rd of 8, 1/2l behind Pactolus (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (2) pol in Feb.
Dutch Uncle 3-1fav (9-7) Led early, tracked leaders, not clear run over 2f out, switched right over 1f out, led entering final furlong, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Feb beating Final (9-7) by 1 1/2l, 8 ran.
Van Huysen (IRE) 9-2 (8-13) Tracked front pair, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, no impression, 3rd of 5, 3 1/4l behind Final (8-10) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (3) pol in Feb.
Banditry (IRE) 3-1 (10-12) Held up, took keen hold, headway 2 out, soon went 3rd, carried left and not fluent last, one pace flat, 3rd of 6, 7 3/4l behind Charlemar (11-4) at Aintree 2m 1f (3) gs in Dec.