chased leaders, jumped slowly and lost place 6th, mistake next, headway to go 2nd 5 out, not fluent 2 out, kept on well
led until 11th, rallied next, weakened approaching last
prominent, led 11th, ridden when jumped right last, ran on well
tracked leaders, mistake 8th, under pressure 4 out, soon weakened
held up in touch, jumped slowly 6th, pushed along 10th, soon outpaced, stayed on to go 3rd 2 out, faded last
PROBLEMA TIC is the best of these over hurdles and is likely to be a short price to open his account over fences at the first time of asking. He's related to a winning chaser in France and is sure to have been well schooled for this. Oscar Papa has failed to complete his first two starts over the larger obstacles and Kind Of Easy was tailed off on his chasing debut. Be My Light did shape a little better with a third at Huntingdon on his chasing bow but There And Then looks up against it.
Kind Of Easy (IRE) 18-1 (11-1) Prominent, jumped slowly 9th and 10th, mistake next, weakened before 13th, 7th of 8, well behind Teaforthree (11-1) at Chepstow 3m nov chs (3) hvy.
Oscar Papa 15-2 (11-1) Tracked leader until 12th, not fluent and ridden next, last 14th, soon behind, tailed off after 3 out, soon pulled up, in a race won by Emmaslegend (10-3) at Folkestone 3m 1f beg chs (4) sft, 6 ran.
Problema Tic (FR) 12-1 (10-5) Held up in touch, chased leaders before 3 out, weakened before last, 8th of 22, 16l behind Russian War (10-1) at Aintree 2m 4f Listed hcp hdl (1) gs in Apr.
There And Then 33-1 (10-10) Led, headed before 3 out, soon weakened, last of 7, 21l behind Highway Code (11-8) at Exeter 2m 1f hcp hdl 0-130 (3) hvy.
Be My Light (IRE) 4-1 (11-0) Tracked leading pair until mistake and dropped to 4th 8th, left 3rd when slightly hampered 3 out, soon outpaced, ridden between last 2, stayed on to press for 2nd flat, no chance with winner, 3rd of 5, 14l behind Alasi (11-0) at Huntingdon 2m 4f mares nov ch (4) gs.
