tracked winner, ridden after 5 out, mistake 2 out, stayed on, unable to challenge flat
made all, ran slightly wide on stable bend after 7th, jumped right 2 out, ridden out
held up in last, pecked 11th, headway when not fluent 13th, outpaced 5 out, mistake 4 out, well held next
held up in touch, ridden after 5 out, well held 3rd from 3 out
in touch, jumped slowly 4th, dropped to last after 7th, closed before next, reminder 11th, weakened after 13th, pulled up before 5 out
tracked leaders, lost place approaching 8th, headway 10th, outpaced before 5 out, well held before 3 out
Nonrunner
Seven Woods was never travelling well at Lingfield last time but a step back up in distance may suit. Hansupfordetroit has been knocking on the door over shorter trips but Ski Sunday hasn't really taken to fences so far and was pulled up here last time. BERTIE BORU was only beaten a length in what looked a decent handicap at Exeter earlier this month. Reverting to 3m won't be a problem for Philip Hobbs' six-year-old and, having only been raised 2lb, he looks the one to beat as Richmond was well beaten when tried in this grade at Cheltenham a couple of weeks ago.
Seven Woods (IRE) 11-4 (11-10) Tracked leader, not fluent 1st or 6th, hit 7th, soon lost 2nd, last 9th, closed after 4 out, went 3rd next, no impression from 2 out, 3rd of 5, 10l behind Toby Lerone (11-3) at Lingfield 2m 4f hcp chs 0-130 (3) hvy in Nov.
Hansupfordetroit (IRE) 3-1 (11-0) Prominent, mistake 2nd, went 2nd before 5th, not fluent 11th or 12th, led after next, headed before 4 out, jumped slowly and beaten 2 out, stayed on towards finish, 2nd of 6, 1 3/4l behind Super Villan (10-1) at Ffos Las 2m 5f nov hcp chs 0-125 (3) sft in Nov.
Bertie Boru (IRE) 8-1 (10-10) In rear, pushed along after 8th, headway before 3 out, kept on to take 3rd place run-in, 3rd of 7, 1l behind Bally Legend (11-9) at Exeter 2m 3f hcp chs 0-140 (3) gd.
Billy Dutton 12-1 (11-1) Held up, headway approaching 5th, outpaced from 7th, went 3rd after 3 out, no chance with leading pair, 3rd of 8, 30l behind Valdez (11-1) at Exeter 2m 1f beg chs (4) gs in Nov.
Xaarcet (IRE) 20-1 (10-12) In touch, not fluent and bumped 6th, not fluent and pushed along next, weakened 4 out, 8th of 9, 35l behind The Italian Yob (11-5) at Sandown 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-125 (3) gd.
Cheat The Cheater (IRE) 50-1 (10-4) Mid-division on outer, weakened before 4 out, tailed off, 5th of 7, well behind Herdsman (10-11) at Bangor 3m nov hcp chs 0-125 (3) sft in Nov.
Richmond (FR) 7-1 (11-7) Mid-division, headway 6th, lost place 11th, mistake 13th, soon ridden and beaten, 8th of 16, 27l behind King Massini (10-12) at Cheltenham 2m 5f cond hcp chs (4yo+) (3) gd.
Ski Sunday 6-1 (11-11) Tracked leader, slow jump 1st, lost 2nd 6th and reminders, lost 3rd when mistake next, ridden and weakened before 9th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out, in a race won by Get It On (11-0) at Chepstow 2m 3f hcp chs 0-120 (4) sft in Oct, 6 ran.
