held up in rear, jumped left 2nd, headway 4 out, outpaced before next, went 3rd before last, stayed on
raced in 2nd or 3rd, not fluent 2nd, led 3 out, soon headed, held last, kept on
mid-division, mistakes, weakened after 4 out
mid-division, headway 4 out, close up before 3 out, 3rd and held when mistake 2 out, 4th and one pace last
made virtually all, in command last, stayed on
held up towards rear, not fluent, pushed along after 6th, mistake 4 out, hanging left and no impression from 3 out
raced in 2nd or 3rd, slow 2nd, outpaced after 4 out, well beaten next
NonRunner
BEFORE MIDNIGHT has run well in both completed starts and was in front when unseating his rider at the second last at Chepstow in the other. He should be up to winning this, though hurdling newcomer Chocolate Box is a potential fly in the ointment given he was a stayer on the all-weather. Early Learner wasn’t beaten far on his hurdling debut but disappointed on his second outing. De Forgotten One goes hurdling after just one run in a bumper but has won a point-to-point and has scope along with Imperial Elysian and Colonel Miller.
Ah Well (IRE) Gold Well gelding out of Valentina Gaye.
Chocolate Box (IRE) 8-1 (10-0) Soon pressing leader, reminders inside final 5f,out, lost 2nd 4f out, plugged on pressing for modest 3rd near finish, 4th of 5, 7 3/4l behind Cry Wolf (9-2) at Chelmsford City 1m 6f hcp (4) pol in Sep.
Colonel Miller 7-2 (11-0) Tracked leaders, niggled along briefly halfway, ridden in 3rd and one pace final 2f, 3rd of 6, 7l behind El Kaldoun (11-0) at Lingfield 2m (5) pol in Nov.
Debrouillard (FR) 9-1 (11-0) Prominent, led 3 out, headed before next, 4th and beaten last, 4th of 12, 7 1/4l behind Ebony Gale (11-0) at Leicester 2m mdn (3) gf in Dec.
De Forgotten One 7-1 (11-0) Keen, led pushed along and headed 2f out, chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 6th of 11, 12 3/4l behind Hazzaar (11-0) at Ascot 2m (4) gs in Nov.
Imperial Elysian (IRE) 14-1 (11-0) Led, seemed to brush inside rail over 5f out, headed 3f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 8 3/4l behind Jimmy The Digger (11-0) at Ludlow 1m 6f (4) sft in Dec.
Early Learner 4-1 (10-7) Prominent, pushed along at times, not fluent and stumbled 3 out, weakened before next, 5th of 9, 32 1/2l behind Lomachenko (11-0) at Leicester 2m 4f mdn (3) gd in Dec.
Before Midnight 15-8 (10-12) Chased leaders, went 2nd at 5th, led on long run before 2 out, narrowly headed last, left with every chance run-in, no extra final 100 yards, 2nd of 12, 2l behind Tidal Flow (10-12) at Kempton 2m 5f (4) gd in Nov.
