raced wide tracked winner, jumped right and reminders 7th, dropped to 3rd next, ridden 9th, slow 5 out, soon behind, tailed off
not fluent, tracked leaders, chased winner 8th, ridden 2 out, challenged last, stayed on
made all, ridden 2 out, mistake last, stayed on gamely
Nonrunner
Donald McCain has a strong hand being represented by recent Sedgefield runner-up Dunowen Point but Jason Maguire prefers stablemate KING'S GRACE, who races in the same colours. The latter showed good progress over fences last season with three wins, including a couple over track and trip. He should have the measure of Another Flutter and Qoubilai, although the latter is no pushover if on one of his going days.
King's Grace 9-2 (11-12) Jumped right, not always fluent, led until 2nd, tracked leader until 13th, weakened before 4 out, 4th of 6, 49l behind Titchwood (11-7) at Aintree 2m 4f hcp chs 0-130 (3) gd in May.
Qoubilai (FR) 16-1 (11-12) Chased leaders, outpaced 10th, hit 4 out, weakened next, 7th of 10, 24l behind Papradon (11-10) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f hcp chs 0-120 (4) gd in Sep.
Another Flutter (IRE) 9-1 (11-12) Led, mistake 8th, reminder after next, headed and not fluent 3 out, mistake 2 out, no extra final 100 yards, 4th of 7, 9l behind Dealing River (11-2) at Worcester 2m hcp chs 0-120 (4) gd in Sep.
Dunowen Point (IRE) 7-2 (11-12) Raced freely, led 2nd, stumbled slightly on bend after 5th, clear 6th until 9th, ridden and headed approaching last, beaten and stayed on same pace flat, 2nd of 4, 6l behind Tregaro (10-2) at Sedgefield 2m 4f hcp chs 0-125 (3) gd in Sep.
