chased leader, shaken up before 4 out, soon ridden and no impression on leader from 3 out
made all, jumped well, soon clear, stayed on strongly run-in, unchallenged
held up in last, not fluent 10th and lost ground, shaken up and jumped left 12th, pushed along 14th and tailed off
Fox Pro is 0-12 over fences and GUSTAVIAN is 0-8 but the latter has placed in three of five previous runs here and is a winner over hurdles at the track. Masters Legacy won over track and trip in November but something was amiss here last time and he’s had a wind operation since.
Masters Legacy (IRE) 13-8 (11-10) Held up in touch, pushed along and outpaced home turn, tailed off, 3rd of 4, dist behind Hidden Heroics (10-10) at Exeter 3m hcp (3) gd in Nov.
Gustavian (IRE) 10-1 (11-5) Prominent, 3rd and pushed before 14th, ridden after 4 out and lost ground on front pair, plugged on one pace, 3rd of 6, 31l behind Super Survivor (10-9) at Chepstow 3m hcp (3) sft in Dec.
Fox Pro (FR) 7-1 (11-2) Raced on inside disputing 3rd, went outright 3rd 2 out, no chance with leading duo, 3rd of 4, 17l behind Sizable Sam (11-2) at Exeter 3m (3) gs in Feb.