chased leader 2nd to 5th, lost place 6th, soon behind, mistake 3 out
led, jumped right repeatedly, hit 13th, headed 2 out, soon ridden, rallied flat but always held by winner
held up in last place, improved to 3rd at 6th, ridden and weakened 4 out
jumped well throughout, chased leader till 2nd, chased leader again 5th, led going well 2 out, shaken up flat readily
Another potential short prices winner here in the shape of Colorado Pearl with Red Scally and Present Oriented both worth noting. The selection won two novice hurdle events for Paul Nicholls and on her only start this season she finished fourth to Eden Linty. That mare scored again at Newbury the back end of last week so the form looks solid so Colorado Pearl has a great chance on that evidence of scoring on her chase debut. Red Scally was a fair hurdler on his day but was unseated on his chase debut and was not totally fluent at Bangor last time out so is to treated with caution. Present Oriented may be a better proposition as he ran a fair race at Market Rasen last time out and can improve on that performance. But for the winner we return to Colorado Pearl.
Pacha Noir (IRE) 20-1 (11-2) Raced in last, lost touch and tailed off after 5th, blundered 10th, last of 3, well behind La Grande Villez (10-9) at Huntingdon 2m 4f nov chs (3) gf in Nov.
Present Oriented (USA) 40-1 (10-11) Led to 4 out, one pace, 4th of 12, 9l behind Pass It On (11-2) at Market Rasen 2m 6f beg chs (4) gs in Nov.
Red Scally 8-1 (11-0) Always behind, lost touch approaching 10th, tailed off, 5th of 8, well behind Ice Tea (11-0) at Bangor 3m nov chs (4) gd in May.
Colorado Pearl (IRE) 5-1 (10-0) Held up, headway and chased leaders 7th, ridden and switched left approaching 2 out, kept on one pace, 4th of 10, 10l behind Eden Linty (10-8) at Wincanton 2m 6f mrs hcp hdl (2) gd in Nov.
