held up, headway on outside 7th, effort 4 out, ridden and one pace approaching last
jumped badly left, soon detached in rear, tailed off
tracked leader, led 4th, made rest, ridden and hard pressed flat, just held on
tracked leaders, not fluent 6th, driven approaching 4 out, headway next, challenged last, ridden and stayed on flat, just held
held up in touch, challenged 5th, outpaced 3 out, no impression from next
led to 4th, remained in touch, ridden and every chance last, no extra
Donovan can land his four timer at the expense of Cantgeton and Hollows Mill. The selection has winning form at Bangor, Cartmel, Perth and Huntington this past two months. He started his winning ways off a mark of eighty two and now runs of one hundred and six as a result of his success. He has not beaten a great deal in the process and connections have once again found an opportunity in relatively poor contest. If repeating his previous runs he should add to his tally. Cantgeton ran well beaten The Wicketkeeper at Perth last timeout, but he is a difficult horse to win with and might have to settle for second beat once more here. Hollows Mill won a chase at Hexham on his penultimate start but when running off a four pound higher mark at the same venue he didn't look the same horse. So for the winner we return to Donovan to contiue his recent run of luck.
Torrid Kentavr (USA) 14-1 (11-8) Mid-division, ridden approaching 2 out, one pace from last, 6th of 12, 7l behind Kristiansand (10-5) at Perth 2m hcp hdl 0-120 (3) gf in Sept.
Transit 33-1 (11-4) Held up, hit 8th, chased leaders 5 out, 4th, beaten when blundered last, 6th of 10, 20l behind Burren Moonshine (10-0) at Sedgefield 3m 4f hcp chs 0-130 (3) gf in May.
Cantgeton (IRE) 25-1 (11-8) Towards rear, headway approaching 4 out, ridden and every chance next, driven and led after last, headed post, 2nd of 13, shd behind The Wicketkeeper (11-4) at Perth 2m nov hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Sept.
Donovan (NZ) 5-2jt-fav (10-3) Held up, pecked 5th, headway 3 out, ridden to lead last, ran on, won at Huntingdon 2m 4f hcp chs 0-135 (3) gf beating Borora (11-3) by 3l, 6 ran.
Hollows Mill 5-1 (10-8) Held up towards rear, headway halfway, effort between last 2, no extra run-in, 5th of 9, 10l behind Rossin Gold (11-2) at Hexham 2m hcp hdl 0-135 (3) sft in Jun.
Schinken Otto (IRE) 10-1 (10-5) Mid-division when fell at the 4th in race won by Donovan (10-1) at Perth 2m hcp chs 0-125 (3) gd in Sept, 11 ran.
