Zilcash tracked leader, led 5th to 7th, led 3 out, easily drew clear from next
Grand Silence held up in 5th, effort and hard ridden 3 out, kept on to take 2nd run-in, no chance with winner
Grasp held up in 4th, effort 4 out, driven to dispute 2nd 2 out, one pace
South O´The Border prominent until weakened 4 out
El Sueno led until 5th, led 7th until 3 out, weakened quickly next
Captain Smoothy behind, ridden 7th, no danger
Miss Colmesnil several mistakes in rear, ridden and no danger from 9th
Analyis of the race
A professional performance from ZILCASH on his first try over fences in this beginners' chase. Fair enough, he was the best of these over hurdles, but it was the style in which jumped and stayed on without ever looking likely to get beaten.
The winner handles this type of ground as he won on it hurdling, so there is every chance that he will carry on now and he could be the type who could do well in one of the valuable summer handicap chases later on.
Grand Silence is flattered to finish as close as he did to Zilcash, but he still showed enough to suggest there might be a small race in him at some stage.
South O'The Border was in contention on his chasing debut, but capitulated a bit tamely in the end. He has only run once since last season beforehand, which suggests he may well have had a problem and he will have to come on significantly for this effort.
Tote
Tote Win: 2.6
Tote place (1): 1.3
Tote place (2): 6.8
Exacta: 49.9
CSF: 32.3
Total SP: 111
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