held up, headway approaching 5th, chased winner from 9th, well held from 3 out
mid-division, slightly hampered 1st, hit 4th, headway 6th, not fluent 8th, mistake next, pecked 11th, mistake and weakened next, pulled up before 3 out
in rear, headway 9th, went 3rd from 11th, pressing for 2nd after 4 out until 3 out, weakened approaching last
prominent, jumped left and not fluent 3rd, lost place quickly after 5th, pulled up before 7th
held up, headway 3rd, led 6th, mistake 9th, clear 3 out, mistake last, stayed on
led, headed approaching 2nd, jumped left into rival 5th, continued to jump badly left, lost place 9th, hit next, soon pulled up
led approaching 2nd, headed when bumped 5th, ridden and lost place before 8th, behind 11th, left remote 4th before 3 out, tailed off
with leaders when propped and unseated rider 1st
Most of these usually find at least one too good so ALLTERRAIN can only be a tentative selection. He makes a swift reappearance after finishing second at Southwell on Sunday but is a pound lower in the weights and has a little less to prove than some. Simply Strong blotted his copybook when pulling up at Market Rasen last month but has every chance on earlier form and makes more appeal than Henri Prends Garde, who tackles fences for the first time in this country. Papradon has ability but is woefully out of form and the others are hard to fancy.
Papradon 20-1 (11-4) Held up, headway approaching 12th, hit 4 out, weakened last, 8th of 16, 23l behind Chase Gate (11-5) at Worcester 2m 7f hcp 0-100 (4) gf in Jul.
Simply Strong (IRE) 2-1fav (10-6) Tracked leader uniil 3rd, hit 7th, last when mistake next, pulled up before 9th, in a race won by Nez Rouge (11-10) at Market Rasen 2m 6f nov hcp chs 0-110 (4) gs in Jul, 5 ran.
Allonby Bay 20-1 (11-10) Held up in touch, weakened from 6th, pulled up before 4 out, in a race won by Surfboard (11-6) at Newton Abbot 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-90 (5) gf, 18 ran.
Zepnove (IRE) 25-1 (11-0) Prominent, went 2nd approaching 5th until after 3 out, weakened before last, 3rd of 9, 16l behind Cash Back (11-7) at Stratford 2m 5f nov hcp chs 0-95 (5) gf.
Henri Prends Garde (FR) 3-1 (10-8) Tracked leaders, challenged 8th, every chance 3 out, not fluent and weakened last, 7th of 9, 41l behind Jomade (10-9) at Worcester 3m am hcp hdl 0-95 (5) gf in Jul.
Allterrain (IRE) 2-1fav (10-0) Led until before 2nd, led 6th, not fluent 10th, driven and idled after 2 out, jumped right and headed last, held towards finish, 2nd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Iheardu (11-12) at Southwell 3m hcp chs 0-95 (5) gd.
Dasher Reilly (USA) 33-1 (9-11) Chased leaders, bumped 6th, chased winner before 9th, no chance before last, (normal 2 out), 3rd of 12, 23l behind Bold Perk (11-4) at Hereford 2m 5f hcp chs 0-95 (5) gd in Jun.
Lethal Gun (IRE) 150-1 (10-5) Held up mid-division, weakened from 6th, tailed off when pulled up before last, in a race won by If I Had Him (10-12) at Taunton 2m 1f sell hdl (5) gd in Nov, 12 ran.
