held up well off the pace in rear, headway 8th, every chance when not fluent 3 out, hard ridden last, no extra closing stages
made all, soon 30 lengths clear, jumped right 7th, challenged when mistake 3 out, not fluent last, hard ridden, stayed on well
tracked clear leader, outpaced 5 out, rallied 3 out, stayed on into 3rd 2 out, never a threat
held up off the pace in 3rd, weakened before 5 out, tailed off next
Ortenzia made a winning start over fences at Bangor but is now 7lb higher. Heurtevent had KING MURO four lengths behind at Worcester last month but the top weight should be turning the tables on the revised terms and can make a winning start for new connections ahead of New Millennium, placed in all three runs over fences so far. Le Precieux has yet to show much over fences and is best watched.
King Muro 3-1 (11-11) Chased clear leading pair, awkward 5th (water) hit 6th and closer before next, 2nd 4 out, pushed along and hit 2 out, well held when lost 2nd at the last, weakened run-in, 4th of 5, 5l behind Ontopoftheworld (11-12) at Perth 2m hcp (4) gd in Sep.
Le Precieux (FR) 25-1 (9-10) Raced freely, soon led, headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final, 4th of 13, 7 3/4l behind Caspar The Cub (9-5) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn stks (5) pol in Oct.
New Millennium (IRE) 9-4 (11-12) Led 2nd, hit 4th, not fluent 9th, ridden approaching 2 out, headed last, no extra, 2nd of 8, 2 1/4l behind King's Reste (11-12) at Newton Abbot 2m hcp (4) gd in Jul.
Ortenzia (IRE) 12-1 (11-6) Chased leaders, pushed along after 3 out, ridden and went 2nd at the last, led run-in, stayed on well, won at Bangor 2m 1f hcp (4) gd in Oct beating Ballyantics (11-5) by 1 1/2l, 8 ran.
Heurtevent (FR) 10-1 (10-10) Tracked leaders, driven before 2 out, stayed on to challenge on inside last, ridden and every chance flat, held towards finish, 3rd of 11, 1/2l behind Jonagold (11-8) at Warwick 2m 4f hcp (5) gd in Sep.
