held up in rear, headway 4 out, led and jumped left last, driven out
mid-division, not fluent 4th, headway 11th, went 3rd when not much room last, kept on under pressure
held up towards rear, reached at 4 out, soon weakened
chased leaders, mistake 9th, stayed on same pace from 2 out, not fluent last
pressed leader, led before 12th, headed 2 out, kept on same pace last
tracked leaders, not fluent 4th, 2nd 12th, every chance 2 out, jumped right last, held by winner flat, stayed on
in rear, jumped right, not fluent 7th, 6th before 3 out, no impression, soon weakened, pulled up after
led, not fluent 11th, headed before next, soon weakened, well behind before 3 out, pulled up soon after
Garrahalish keeps threatening to win but hasn't got his head in front since 2014 despite a consistent enough sequence of runs, whilst Mr Mountain will hopefully have learnt from his unfortunate experience on chase debut at Kempton when unseating. A dual point-to-point winner, he remains of interest. Money for him would be significant too. Dream Bolt has a chance at his best and Gold Mountain and Doitforjoe have a shout but SCORPION STAR gets the vote. A solid point-to-pointer, he performed well on his first start for Martin Hill last time in a hunter chase when a last fence blunder proved costly and the booking of Richard Johnson indicates connections mean business as he moves into open handicap company for this recovery mission.
Dream Bolt (IRE) 8-1 (11-0) Held up in rear, making headway when hit 7th, left modest 5th when mistake and hampered last, 5th of 8, 20 1/4l behind Somchine (11-8) at Hereford 2m hcp (3) sft in Mar.
Gold Mountain (IRE) 2-1 (11-7) Tracked leaders in 3rd and in rear, led 3 out, clear before last, readily, won at Taunton 2m 7f hcp (4) gf in Apr beating Golanova (11-6) by 12l, 3 ran.
Mr Mountain (IRE) 10-1 (11-8) In touch until lost place 11th, behind after, tried to refuse jinked left and unseated rider 3 out, at Kempton 2m 4f hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Doitforjoe (IRE) 9-1 (10-11) Held up behind leaders, not fluent 1st, left 2nd before 3rd, lost 2nd 5th, 2nd again 11th, led next, headed after 14th, not fluent 3 out, well beaten 3rd next, hit last, 3rd of 5, 12 3/4l behind Ozzy Thomas (11-2) at Ludlow 3m hcp (3) gd in May.
Garrahalish (IRE) 7-2 (11-8) Led, ridden and headed last, no impression on winner flat, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 6, 3l behind Aerlite Supreme (11-12) at Warwick 2m 4f hcp (4) gd in May.
Hughesie (IRE) 3-1 (11-8) Led until not fluent 5th, every chance when mistake 2 out, beaten before last, one pace, 5th of 6, 8l behind Sendiym (10-3) at Sedgefield 2m 5f hcp (4) gd in May.
Scorpion Star (IRE) 13-5 (11-12) Held up in rear, steady headway from 9th, challenged after 2 out, every chance when bad mistake last, immediately beaten, 2nd of 10, 5l behind Mr Raj (12-2) at Sedgefield 2m 3f (6) gd in May.
Cold Knight 10-1 (11-8) Led to 4th, tracked leader, weakened before 3 out, last of 5, dist behind Jaunty Inflight (11-8) at Taunton 2m 2f hcp (4) gf in Apr.
