held up, headway into 3rd 2 out, soon ridden, went 2nd last, soon edged left, kept on same pace
led until 3rd, chasing leaders when pulled up before 8th
led 3rd until 5th, led 9th, kept on strongly from last, pushed out
chased leaders, blundered badly 11th, ridden and every chance 4 out, weakened 2 out
chased leaders, led 5th until 9th, ridden after 11th, weakened before next
held up, headway into 3rd 4 out, soon ridden, chased winner 2 out until last, no extra
ORACLE DES MOTTES can complete the hat-trick here at the main expense of Overclear and Pistol Desbois. The selection is a course and distance winner and he won well at Wincanton last time when he beat Lidjo De Rouge. He looks to be going the right way and will love the ground and he should be up to winning his third race on the spin. Overclear was quite well backed last time and he was a bit disappointing at Huntingdon. However, he has gone well here in the past and he has to be of interest now that he goes handicapping. Pistol Desbois won well when last seen out beating Iroquois Warrior. He will go on the ground but he has a long absence to overcome and he should strip fitter for the outing. Buck The Legend is from a yard in good form and he could prove best of the others, but we will stick with Oracle Des Mottes as the pick.
Oracle des Mottes (FR) 3-1jt-fav (11-12) Held up and pulled early, stayed 4th, ridden patiently when hit 4 out, headway from 3 out, challenging when left clear last, pushed out, won at Wincanton 2m 5f hcp chs 0-120 (3) sft beating Lidjo De Rouge (11-0) by 5l, 8 ran.
Overclear 3-1fav (11-2) Chased winner until 3 out, soon ridden, weakened next, 4th of 8, 22l behind Tartak (11-8) at Huntingdon 2m 4f nov chs (3) gs.
Buck The Legend (IRE) 4-1jt-fav (11-4) Mid-division, headway 12th, ridden to dispute 2nd 5 out until mistake last, no extra, 5th of 15, 12l behind Super Nick (11-2) at Chepstow 3m hcp chs 0-125 (3) gd in Oct.
Pistol Desbois (FR) 5-2 (10-9) Tracked leader, led after 3 out, clear next, kept on well, ridden out, won at Wincanton 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-130 (3) sft in Mar beating Iroquois Warrior (11-6) by 3l, 7 ran.
Lancaster Sound (IRE) 12-1 (10-5) Held up, mistake 10th, weakened 12th, 4th of 11, 34l behind Oslot (11-3) at N Abbot 2m 5f nov chs (3) gs in Apr.
Prince of Persia 33-1 (11-0) Towards rear when fell at the 7th in race won by Lord Ryeford (10-13) at Stratford 2m 4f hcp chs 0-120 (3) gd in Jul '07, 11 ran.
