took keen hold, went left at times, tracked leaders, led before 4th, headed after next, weakened 3 out, pulled up before next
tracked leader, not fluent 3rd, led after 5th, ridden and headed before last, finished tired
held up in touch, jumped left 5th, closed before next, went 2nd and jumped left from 7th, led on bit before last, cruised clear
led until before 4th, last approaching next, weakened 7th, tailed off 3rd 2 out
Riskier has won five times over fences but was well beaten back over the smaller obstacles at Sedgefield in January and we prefer the claims of VOLCANIC. The five-year-old won three bumpers in the French provinces for previous connections and it will be a surprise if Donald McCain can't bring about further improvement. Boruma didn't show much at Market Rasen last month but Bop Along could feature if fully wound-up after more than a year on the sidelines.
Beau Ballistic (IRE) 50-1 (11-4) Always towards rear, ridden and no extra before 4 out, 17th of 20, well behind Roll It Out (11-4) at Down Royal 2m mdn hdl sft in Dec.
Riskier 17-2 (11-6) Tracked leader, mistake 4 out, soon lost place under preessure, left in remote 3rd approaching 2 out, 3rd of 6, 42l behind Sir Mangan (11-6) at Sedgefield 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) hvy in Jan.
Volcanic (FR) (11-0) won at Cluny(FR) 1m 4f mdn nhf sft in Sep, 6 ran.
Boruma (IRE) 50-1 (10-7) Held up in rear, weakened after 3 out, 6th of 9, 37l behind Kilcooley (11-2) at Market Rasen 2m 1f nh nov hdl (3) sft in Feb.
Bop Along (IRE) 12-1 (10-12) Tracked leader, weakened before 3 out, 5th of 10, 48l behind Midnight Oscar (10-12) at Doncaster 3m nh nov hdl (4) gs in Dec '12.
