jumped slightly right at times, made all, ridden and stayed on well flat
tracked leaders, lost place 2nd, not fluent 3rd, behind from 10th, tailed off
tracked winner until 6th, hit 4 out, soon weakened
mid-division, not always fluent, mistake 1st, went 2nd after 2 out, no impression on winner and lost 2nd towards finish
held up, jumped left at times, not fluent 12th, in touch when pecked 5 out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, hit 4 out, switched right flat, stayed on, went 2nd towards finish, no impression on winner
tracked leaders, took keen hold, went 2nd 6th, mistake 3 out, lost 2nd after 2 out, one pace and no impression flat
held up in rear, not always fluent, some headway 5 out, soon weakened, tailed off
Pantxoa carried a 6lb penalty to a battling success at Ffos Las but he's not very big and has to concede weight all round in what looks a very competitive heat. He should still get involved but Jonjo O'Neill trained the runner-up in that race and can take his revenge here through FULL OF JOY, who looked in very good form when scoring at Bangor. Cinevator easily landed a handicap hurdle in April and made a successful start over fences at Fontwell in August. He's on the upgrade and should be in the shake-up while Annacotty, a winning point-to-pointer and hurdler, makes his debut over fences and looks very interesting from this mark.
Pantxoa (FR) 9-4fav (10-6) Made all, ridden and pressed approaching last, stayed on well under pressure flat, won at Ffos Las 3m 1f hcp chs (2) gd in Aug beating Twirling Magnet (11-4) by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.
Cinevator (IRE) 9-5 (11-6) Tracked leader, left in lead and slightly hampered 5th, joined 10th, left clear 3 out, eased flat, won at Fontwell 2m 2f beg chs (4) gf in Aug beating Wak A Turtle (11-3) by 6l, 4 ran.
Annacotty (IRE) 6-1 (11-4) Tracked leader, closed 5th, not fluent 3 out, soon pushed along, weakened approaching last, went 4th towards finish, 4th of 6, 23l behind Whisper (11-4) at Cheltenham 2m 4f nh nov hdl (2) gs in Apr.
Gas Line Boy (IRE) 4-1 (11-8) Held up of fthe pace in 6th, headway to chase leaders 5th, outpaced in dispute of 5th when went left and mistake 3 out, soon weakened, tailed off, 7th of 11, well behind Annacotty (11-5) at Haydock 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) gs in Mar.
Full Of Joy (IRE) 9-2 (10-12) Tracked leaders, mistake 9th, challenged 5 out, led after 3 out, clea when jumped left last, stayed on, won at Bangor 3m hcp chs 0-135 (3) gd in Sep beating Ballybough Gorta (11-11) by 5l, 6 ran.
Brassick 6-5 (11-6) Took keen hold early stages, prominent, went 2nd after 2nd until 4th, challenged 13th, led next, headed 4 out, ridden before 2 out, no impression flat, 2nd of 5, 2 1/4l behind According To Trev (10-13) at Southwell 3m nov chs (4) gd in Sep.
Polisky (FR) 3-1 (11-9) In touch on outside, lost place 12th, weakened 4 out, 7th of 8, 34l behind Kylenoe Fairy (10-8) at Newton Abbot 2m 5f hcp chs 0-125 (3) gf in Jul.
Nomadic Dreamer 16-1 (11-3) Tracked leaders, mistake 5th, outpaced 8th, weakened next, 6th of 7, well behind De Faoithesdream (11-12) at Newton Abbot 2m nov hcp chs 0-120 (4) gf in Aug.
