jumped right at times, tracked leading pair, jumped slowly 2nd, went 2nd 4 out, pushed along before hit next, no chance from next
raced keenly, jumped right at times, chased leader, went badly right 1st, led 9th, pecked next, came clear from 2 out, kept up to work run-in
led and set steady pace, led until 9th, chased winner until mistake next, soon beaten, blundered 2 out
Withdrawn
After running Brelan D’As to half-a-length at Haydock, Whatswrongwithyou made hard work of landing the odds at Leicester and needs more. Diakali has been taking on better opposition since completing a hat-trick at Cheltenham in October but still isn’t foot-perfect. AMOUR DE NUIT’s jumping went to pieces at Kempton last time but that wasn’t his true running and he should go close in this if back on song.
Amour de Nuit (IRE) 9-4jfav (11-13) Tracked winner until 3rd, chased leading pair, pushed along and outpaced when mistake 11th, weakened into remote 4th 4 out, tailed off, last of 4, dist behind Mercian Prince (11-10) at Kempton 2m 4f hcp (3) gd in Jan.
Whatswrongwithyou (IRE) 2-5fav (10-12) Tracked leader, keen, waited with, shaken up to challenge last, ran on to lead close home, won at Ffos Las 2m (4) sft in Jan beating The Last Day (10-12) by 3/4l, 3 ran.
La Cavsa Nostra (IRE) 50-1 (11-4) Mid-division, not fluent 6th, weakened next, tailed off, 14th of 18, dist behind Greaneteen (11-4) at Exeter 2m 3f mdn (4) gs in Jan.
Diakali (FR) 33-1 (11-0) Chased leading trio, hit 2nd, dropped to rear after 5th, blundered badly 7th, tailed off, last of 5, dist behind Altior (11-6) at Kempton 2m (1) gs in Dec.