led, pressed 7th, ridden and headed last, gifted race final strides
tracked leaders, ridden 4 out, outpaced 2 out
held up, ridden and weakened 3 out
close up, not fluent 6th, pressed leaders 8th, ridden 2 out, weakened approaching last
tracked winner, ridden 2 out, stayed on one pace
always in rear
in touch, headway to chase winner 2 out, led last, looked sure to win until tried to pull himself up, and through race away
SHOW’S OVER made hard work of landing the odds at Sedgefield last week and runner-up Yourholidayisover will be 8lb better off, though the latter rarely finds much at the business end. We’ll stick with Fergal O’Brien’s charge even though the five-year-old Wisecracker has found only one too good the last twice. By Rail has had a short break since disappointing when favourite at Bangor in October but Little Jimmy hasn’t raced since June and has become hard to win with.
By Rail 7-2jfav (11-2) Chased leader, led briefly 3 out, pushed along and weakened between last 2, left poor 4th last, 4th of 8, 15 1/2l behind Ortenzia (11-6) at Bangor 2m 1f hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Show's Over (IRE) 10-11fav (10-9) Mostly tracked leader until before 3 out where hampered, not much room 2 out, not clear run and switched right before last, led at the last, stayed on, clear towards finish, won at Sedgefield 2m hcp (5) gs in Nov beating Yourholidayisover (10-0) by 3 1/4l, 7 ran.
Little Jimmy 8-1 (10-6) Held up towards rear, headway 4 out, weakened before 2 out, pulled up before last, at Bangor 3m hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Anti Cool (IRE) 6-1 (11-1) Held up in rear, headway normal 4 out, weakened next, tailed off, 6th of 7, dist behind Saffron Prince (11-10) at Stratford 2m 1f hcp (5) gd in Oct.
Wisecracker 9-2 (10-11) Jumped left at times, chased leaders, definite 2nd 3 out, not fluent 2 out, mistake and no impression last, 2nd of 7, 7l behind Deise Vu (11-12) at Hereford 2m hcp (5) gf in Nov.
No No Cardinal (IRE) 25-1 (10-0) Mid-division, ridden and weakened after 5th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out, at Exeter 2m 3f hcp (5) gd in Nov.
Yourholidayisover (IRE) 9-1 (10-0) Mid-division, headway after 4 out, hampered 3 out, led before last, soon headed, shaken up and found nil, 2nd of 7, 3 1/4l behind Show's Over (10-9) at Sedgefield 2m hcp (5) gs in Nov.
