held up in touch, mistake, lost place 8th, soon beaten
tracked leaders, chased winner before 3 out, weakened next, eased before last
led until before 2nd, blundered and unseated rider 2nd
prominent, led before 2nd, not fluent, rein snapped 2nd, clear 2 out, ridden out
held up in touch, mistake, lost place 9th, headway to chased leaders 3 out, went 2nd last, stayed on
tracked leaders, mistake 7th, soon pushed along, chased winner 3 out, blundered badly, weakened last
Stroom Bank gets the confident vote here with Beau Torero and Mystic Glen rating the main dangers. The selection was a fair second behind Go For One last time out, that form has since been franked and with the fitting of first time blinkers and the drop in trip likely to bring about improvement he is hard to oppose. Beau Torero rates the main danger on his latest second behind Gypsy Cricketer but consistency is not his strong point so he cannot be put forward with any confidence. Mystic Glen was a staying-on third behind Emerald Destiny last time and has definite place claims but the drop in trip has to be of concern. Of the remainder, Eleazar is game and consistent and is sure to run his race but he looks weighted up to his best and for the winner we return to Stroom Bank.
Eleazar (GER) 5-1 (11-12) Behind, mistake 1st, headway after 7th, ridden and one pace from 3 out, 3rd of 8, 9l behind Copper Bay (11-2) at Leicester 2m nov hcp chs 0-110 (4) gd in Dec.
Albarino (IRE) 12-1 (11-9) Held up and keen, headway approaching 3rd, led 5th, mistake 8th, headed 2 out, soon ridden, weakened flat, 4th of 8, 12l behind Copper Bay (11-2) at Leicester 2m nov hcp chs 0-110 (4) gd in Dec.
Stroom Bank (IRE) 11-8fav (10-12) Close up, led approaching 8th, headed approaching 2 out, no extra, 2nd of 7, 8l behind Go For One (10-12) at Catterick 2m 3f mdn chs (5) gs in Dec.
Beau Torero (FR) 15-2 (10-8) Led, headed 2nd, led again next, headed 4 out, led briefly run-in, stayed on, 2nd of 7, nk behind Gipsy Cricketer (10-9) at Fakenham 2m hcp chs 0-100 (4) gd in Nov.
Mystic Glen 14-1 (10-9) Held up, headway 9th, ridden approaching 3 out, kept on, 3rd of 13, 1l behind Emerald Destiny (10-3) at Catterick 2m 3f hcp chs 0-100 (4) gs in Dec.
Alfadora 11-2 (9-11) Held up, ridden and outpaced 3 out, soon beaten, 5th of 6, 18l behind dhtrs Nobodys Perfect (11-1) & Cloudmor (11-4) at Sedgefield 2m 4f cnd hcp hdl 0-105 (4) sft in Dec.
