held up on outside, mistake 8th, headway to challenge 11th, mistake 14th, every chance when pecked 2 out, held flat, stayed on
prominent, led 3rd until 5th, led 7th until not fluent 8th, not fluent next, lost place 12th, weakened 13th, pulled up before 4 out
held up, not fluent 3rd, fell 6th
led until 3rd, led 5th, not fluent and headed 7th, led 9th, headed after 10th, slow 11th, soon outpaced, weakened 14th, blundered 2 out
always handy, led after 10th, pressed from next, driven after 2 out, all out
Beatthebullet beat Gosheven here by three lengths in November but there is nothing between the pair on today’s terms. Huntsmans Jog has been knocking on the door, including over course and distance last time, but a 3lb rise has hardly helped his cause. Moroder has gone up 4lb for winning at Plumpton so this can go to GUSTAVIAN, who unseated his rider at the first here two runs ago and made a bad mistake when beaten at Ffos Las subsequently but was placed over this longer trip over hurdles and has the most scope of these.
Gustavian (IRE) 8-11fav (11-8) Held up in 3rd place, not fluent 3rd, went 2nd briefly 7th, blundered and lost ground 12th, rallied approaching 4 out, not fluent 2nd, went 2nd at the last, stayed on run-in, never able to challenge, 2nd of 3, 3/4l behind New Age Dawning (10-9) at Ffos Las 2m 5f hcp (3) hvy in Jan.
Beatthebullet (IRE) 11-1 (10-11) Chased leaders, went 2nd after 7th (water), lost 2nd and hit 13th, chased leaders, pushed along before next, weakened 3 out, tailed off, 5th of 7, 23 1/2l behind Grumpy Charley (11-3) at Newbury 2m 6f hcp (3) sft in Dec.
Gosheven (IRE) 12-1 (11-8) Held up, ridden and weakened 7 out, pulled up, at Exeter 3m hcp (3) hvy in Jan.
Huntsmans Jog (IRE) 13-2 (11-1) Prominent, joined leader 6 out, narrow lead last, headed on run in, no extra, 3rd of 17, 1 3/4l behind De Young Warrior (11-0) at Exeter 3m hcp (3) sft in Dec.
Moroder (IRE) 9-4fav (11-10) Tracked leader, made headway to join leader at 3 out, ridden and went clear at 2 out, jumped well final fence, won gamely, won at Plumpton 3m 2f hcp (4) gd in Dec beating Rose Of Aghaboe (11-9) by 1 1/4l, 7 ran.