ran in snatches, ridden along throughout, mainly prominent, driven 14th, weakened 3 out, tailed off
jumped slow 1st 7th and 13th, made most until joined 3 out, ridden next, driven and headed narrowly approaching last, pecked on landing, rallied to lead again flat, headed final strides
pulled hard, tracked leaders, joined leader 3 out, ridden to lead narrowly approaching last, bumped and headed flat, rallied to lead again final strides
tracked leaders, mistake 8th, ridden 13th, blundered next and dropped to last, weakened next, tailed off
Nonrunner
Canuspotit will be fancied to land the hat-trick with Bridget Andrews taking off 7lb but this trip does stretch his stamina and he's gone up 13lb since winning at Huntingdon. The five-year-old Alanjou easily picked off course specialists Full Ov Beans and Shinooki over track and trip in January and is still heading in the right direction but GUIDING GEORGE (NAP) will be a tough nut to crack back over fences. Dan Skelton's seven-year-old beat subsequent Market Rasen and Warwick winner Carli King on his last run over the larger obstacles and has run well over hurdles since. George Fernbeck has been out of sorts lately and Benevolent has a lot to find with Canuspotit on the form book.
George Fernbeck 28-1 (11-7) Tracked winner until after 1st, in rear after 3rd, soon tailed off, 4th of 5, well behind Stopped Out (11-7) at Market Rasen 2m 6f nov chs (3) sft in Feb.
Guiding George (IRE) 6-1 (9-9) Led until after 4th, led 7th, headed last, stayed on to press leaders until held towards finish, 3rd of 10, 1 3/4l behind Ulzana's Raid (11-10) at Cheltenham 3m hcp hdl (2) gs in Dec.
Benevolent (IRE) 25-1 (11-9) In rear, hampered 9th, outpaced usual 4 out, plugged on approaching last, 3rd of 8, 33l behind Canuspotit (10-11) at Fakenham 2m 5f hcp chs 0-125 (3) gs in Feb.
Alanjou (FR) 3-1 (10-10) In touch, mistake 2nd, went 2nd 5 out, driven to challenge 3 out, led after next, kept on well, won at Fakenham 3m hcp chs 0-130 (3) sft in Jan beating Full Ov Beans (10-12) by 4l, 5 ran.
Canuspotit 4-7fav (12-0) Mostly jumped well, led 1st until after next, led again briefly 5th, not fluent next, led 8th, clear after 3 out, easily, won at Huntingdon 2m 4f hcp chs 0-115 (4) sft in Feb beating Ultimatum Du Roy (11-12) by 12l, 4 ran.
