held up in rear, headway from 10th, towards rear but in touch when mistake and unseated rider 13th
held up on inside, mistake 1st, hit 7th, closed 9th, lost place after 10th, pushed along briefly after next, mistake 12th, soon ridden, weakened before 2 out
held up towards rear, not fluent 1st or 3rd, closed 4th, went 2nd going well 4 out, not fluent 2 out, led before last, idled flat, ridden out
prominent when not fluent 1st, chased leaders on outside and tended to run in snatches, not fluent 7th or 10th, struggling 14th, soon behind
led until 1st, led 5th, headed next, led 14th, headed before last, held flat, kept on
jumped right at times, led 1st, headed 5th, led next, headed 14th, no extra in 3rd 2 out
DREAMING BLUE (NAP) won here back in March and wasn’t beaten far off this mark last time at Ludlow so may be a bit of value getting a massive 23lb from the recent course and distance winner Twinjets, who has gone up 9lb in the weights. The remaining quartet were all pulled up last time but two of them are previous course winners and Erne River is tried in cheekpieces today.
A Wave Of The Sea (IRE) 16-1 (11-13) Towards rear, behind when pulled up before 5 out, at Aintree 2m 4f hcp (2) hvy in Dec.
Twinjets (IRE) 5-2fav (11-8) Mid-division, raced keenly, went 3rd after 3rd, good jump and led 4 out, jumped left 3 out and shaken up, ridden briefly before last and cleared away, kept on strongly and eased closing stages, readily, won at Doncaster 3m hcp (3) gs in Dec beating Grozni (11-10) by 7 1/2l, 9 ran.
Erne River (IRE) 5-1 (12-0) Tracked leaders on inside, not fluent 4th, hit 8th, weakened after 5 out, pulled up before next, at Wetherby 2m 3f hcp (3) hvy in Nov.
Lord Accord (IRE) 11-2 (11-1) Raced wide tracking leader, lost 2nd approaching 2nd, awkward 9th, weakened 15th, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out, at Cheltenham 3m 1f hcp (2) gs in Oct.
One More Fleurie (IRE) 28-1 (10-7) Prominent, pushed along and lost ground 14th, tailed off, pulled up, at Warwick 3m 1f hcp (3) sft in Nov.
Dreaming Blue 15-2 (10-12) Soon led and pressed, mistake 5 out, ridden and joined from next, no extra and lost two places towards finish, 3rd of 7, 1 1/4l behind Hidden Heroics (11-11) at Ludlow 3m 2f hcp (3) sft in Dec.
