tracked leaders, short of room hit rail and dropped to last bend approaching 5th, pushed along next, ridden and weakened 2 out, pulled up before next
raced wide tracked leader, ridden and every chance 2 out, stayed on flat
close up, hit 10th, soon lost touch, pulled up 2 out
led, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, kept on same pace
raced wide close up in rear, not fluent 7th, headway to lead approaching 2 out, clear when idled and went left at last, found extra when pressed towards finish (3rd last omitted)
NonRunner
Winds Of Fire has been in decent form recently with a win at Sedgefield and a couple of seconds at Hereford. Moroder has been edging closer to a first victory and Wigglesworth makes his handicap debut. BLAME THE GAME is progressive and has been left on the same mark as when second at Ascot so looks to have a decent chance of going one better. Neither Furkash nor Master Templar can be ignored but Tide Times is facing a tough task at the weights.
Tide Times (IRE) 11-2 (12-0) Mid-division, headway chasing leaders approaching 3 out, weakened on long run before next, tailed off, 8th of 12, dist behind Morning Spirit (11-10) at Ascot 3m hcp (4) hvy in Dec.
Winds Of Fire (USA) 3-1jfav (11-4) Prominent, slow 2nd, led 3 out, headed next, still pressing winner when mistake last, held after, 2nd of 7, 2 3/4l behind The Mick Preston (11-12) at Hereford 2m hcp (4) sft in Jan.
Furkash (FR) 16-1 (11-12) Slight lead until headed before 4th, chased leaders, pushed along after next, weakened before 4 out, tailed off and pulled up after 2 out, at Fontwell 2m 2f hcp (4) hvy in Jan.
Blame The Game (IRE) 9-1 (11-7) Mid-division, headway approaching 7th, pushed along and one pace in 3rd from before 3 out, left modest 2nd last, 2nd of 12, 8 1/2l behind Morning Spirit (11-10) at Ascot 3m hcp (4) hvy in Dec.
Moroder (IRE) 8-1 (11-0) Chased leaders, 2nd 3 out until pushed along before next, kept on same pace, went modest 2nd post, no chance with winner, 2nd of 11, 5l behind Beauport (11-0) at Fontwell 2m 6f (4) sft in Jan.
Master Templar (IRE) 18-1 (10-12) Slightly better than mid-division, hit 1st, briefly pushed after 5th, outpaced and ridden after 2 out, kept on well, 3rd of 12, 10 3/4l behind Witness Protection (10-12) at Stratford 2m 3f (4) gs in Nov.
Wigglesworth (IRE) 7-2 (10-12) Tracked leaders, ridden between last two, kept on same pace, 4th of 5, 3 1/2l behind Undersupervision (10-12) at Hereford 3m 2f (4) hvy in Dec.
