held up, headway 9th, hit 10th, soon ridden, challenged 2 out, held from last
held up, ridden after 8th, went modest 4th 3 out, soon weakened, tailed off
prominent, led 4th until 6th, tracked winner, ridden after 3 out, weakened before next
held up, lost touch 9th, tailed off
jumped right, led until 4th, led 6th, stayed on well from last, ridden out
tracked leaders, 5th when badly hampered and unseated rider 10th
tracked leaders, close 3rd when fell 10th
tracked leaders until lost place 7th, ridden after next, weakened before 3 out, tailed off
Nonrunner
KILCREA ASLA can provide Tony McCoy with a quickfire double at the main expense of Master Medic and Jigsaw Dancer. Support for Swift Sailor would be of interest as he was a useful hurdler at his best but too much water has gone under the bridge to make him worth anything more than curiosity value these days. City Affair is useful but finds winning difficult and we expect that to be the case once more and Master Medic appeals as a bigger threat to the selection. He shaped well in a well contested race on his chase bow last month and should come on for the run and the experience. Jigsaw Dancer is a trifle more exposed having won three times over hurdles last season but he could find further improvement for the switch to chasing and is another interesting prospect. Kilcrea Asla has more experience of jumping than that pair which may enable him to gain the upper hand on this occasion. His defeat of Star Of Germany on his penultimate start is nothing to get too excited about but he's proved to be relatively consistent which could be enough for Kilcrea Asla to take this.
City Affair 7-2 (11-11) Towards rear, headway 11th, ridden and chased leader approaching 3 out, 2nd and held when hit last, no extra, 2nd of 8, 4l behind Roussea (10-4) at Fontwell 2m 4f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gf in Sept.
Dusty Dane (IRE) (9-13) pulled up in race won by Royal Verrie (10-5) at Waregem 2m 7f hcp chs gd in Sept, 10 ran.
High Standard (NZ) 28-1 (11-2) Hampered 1st, held up, closed when left 2nd 4th, lost 2nd 6th, not fluent 7th, pushed along after 3 out, beaten approaching 2 out, 4th of 7, 15l behind Albinus (10-9) at Huntingdon 2m nov chs (3) gs.
Love Angel (USA) 40-1 (11-5) Held up, ridden 8th, stayed on from last to go 3rd close home, 3rd of 12, 24l behind Phone In (11-0) at Fontwell 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gf in Sept.
Master Medic (IRE) 16-1 (11-2) Keen early, held up, closed 4th, shuffled along and lost ground after 3 out, no impression after, 5th of 7, 21l behind Albinus (10-9) at Huntingdon 2m nov chs (3) gs.
Sumdancer (NZ) 40-1 (10-12) Held up in touch, mistake 5th, slow 4 out, behind when pulled up 2 out in race won by Ingratitude (11-3) at Towcester 2m beg chs (4) gd, 15 ran.
Swift Sailor 11-2 (11-0) Chased leaders, lost place 7th, tailed off when pulled up 4 out in race won by Chrysander (11-0) at Fontwell 2m 2f beg chs (4) gf in May, 9 ran.
Silver Sister 11-4 (10-7) Always towards rear, 7th of 13, well behind Insignia (11-0) at N Abbot 2m 5f beg chs (4) gd in Jul.
Jigsaw Dancer (IRE) 9-2 (11-3) In touch, ridden 6th, stayed on one pace from 3 out, left 3rd last, kept on, 3rd of 9, 2l behind Or Bleu (11-8) at Exeter 2m 3f hcp hdl 0-125 (3) gs in Mar.
Kilcrea Asla (IRE) 11-4fav (11-0) Mid-division on inside, headway to track leader 4 out, led before next, headed 2 out, soon ridden, kept on same pace, 2nd of 8, 8l behind Water Taxi (11-8) at Market Rasen 2m 4f hcp chs 0-135 (3) gd in Aug.
