held up in touch, mistake and unseated rider 7th
led, ridden over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, kept on same pace
held up in touch, headway to challenge after, stayed on under pressure to lead well over 1f out, ridden out
chased leaders, lost place and behind 4th, tailed off 3 out
held up in touch, outpaced 3 out, soon beaten
with leader, lost place before 4th, lost touch 6th, soon tailed off
Harringay is a capable performer but invariably Henrietta Knight's mare tends to find at least one too good and she may have to settle for minor honours again here, with the vote going to In Accord who gets the verdict ahead of Top Cloud. The last mentioned disappointed in a handicap at Uttoxeter last month but Ferdy Murphy's gelding has claims on earlier form over fences so has to be respected. Peter Bowen's Contact Dancer deserves to win a race over fences having been placed in six of his 12 starts over the larger obstacles but he may have to settle for minor honours once more, while Alderman Rose needs to improve on all known form to trouble the judge. The vote then goes to Henry Daly's In Accord, who has run to a consistent level of form over fences and a reproduction of the pick of his form should suffice in this company.
Alderman Rose 25-1 (10-9) fell in race won by Karanja (11-0) at Taunton 2m 7f beg chs (4) sft in Feb, 13 ran.
Contact Dancer (IRE) 5-1 (11-0) Always prominent, ridden 4 out, weakened approaching last, 3rd of 7, 12l behind Oscar Park (11-0) at Fakenham 3m beg chs (4) gd in Feb.
In Accord 11-4fav (11-0) Mid-division, headway before 3 out, ridden to challenge next, kept on same pace under pressure, 3rd of 10, 8l behind Kings Euro (11-0) at Towcester 2m 6f beg chs (4) hvy in Jan.
Inch Over 66-1 (11-6) Tracked leaders, ridden and mistake 7th, weakened after next, 10th of 12, well behind Busy Isit (11-6) at Ludlow 2m 5f mdn hdl (4) gs in Jan '07.
Top Cloud (IRE) 11-4 (11-8) Held up behind leaders, ridden and weakened 13th, 5th of 6, well behind Back On Line (11-5) at Uttoxeter 3m 2f hcp chs 0-125 (3) gs in Feb.
Tudor Oak (IRE) 66-1 (10-9) Held up in rear, ridden and weakened 8th, 6th of 8, 40l behind Big Al (11-0) at Leicester 2m 4f chs 0-90 (5) gf in Dec.
Harringay 15-8 (10-7) In touch, jumped left 7th, chased leaders 5 out, jumped left from next, weakened 4 out, left poor 2nd from 3 out, 2nd of 10, 23l behind Menchikov (11-0) at Ludlow 3m beg chs (4) sft in Feb.
