held up 5th and last, headway and in touch when left 4th and hampered 6th, challenged after 7th, led narrowly 2 out, soon ridden, kept on under pressure flat
disputed 3rd, headway and in touch 6th, led after next, headed narrowly 2 out, ridden and every chance last, no extra flat
disputed 3rd, challenged 6th, driven and outpaced before 3 out, soon no chance with leading pair, tailed off
led, jumped left and headed narrowly 5th, left in lead again next, reminders and headed after 7th, soon behind and weakened, tailed off
tracked leader, led narrwoly 5th until fell next
Farleigh House took advantage of Barizan's fall to score unchallenged at Southwell but there's every chance he would have beaten the high class hurdler anyway as his fencing was far more fluent. He also jumped well when a narrow runner-up at Stratford previously and is clearly much more at home in this discipline. Ballabrook finally returned to some sort of form after an effortless Wincanton success back in May when second over C&D and will probably set out to make all. However, both may struggle to handle TURN UP who completed the job very nicely at Worcester last time, gets on well with his amateur pilot and looks weighted to go in again.
High Bird Humphrey 16-1 (10-5) Led, headed 4th, remained prominent, effort 2 out, weakened approaching last, 9th of 12, 49l behind Cheshire Prince (11-4) at Sandown 2m hcp hdl 0-125 (3) gs in Nov.
Farleigh House (USA) 10-3 (10-12) Tracked leader, led 5th, headed next, left in lead 3 out, canter, won at Southwell 2m nov chs (4) gd beating Youandme (11-1) by well, 3 ran.
Orrezzo (GER) 25-1 (10-11) Always behind, pulled up 4 out, dismounted, in a race won by Nostringsattached (11-6) at Ffos Las 2m 5f hcp chs 0-125 (3) gd in Jun '09, 13 ran.
Ballabrook (IRE) 9-2 (11-8) Led, jumped left 5th, ridden before 2 out, about a length up when blundered last, headed soon after, kept on same pace, 2nd of 5, 6l behind Balnagore (11-3) at Bangor 2m 1f hcp chs 0-105 (4) gd.
Turn Up (IRE) 13-2 (10-13) Made all, hit 3 out, not fluent 2 out, always holding on flat, won at Worcester 2m nov hcp chs 0-95 (5) gd beating Timoca (11-12) by 1 1/2l, 6 ran.
