tracked leader until fell 3rd
tracked leading pair, left 2nd at 3rd, reminder after 6th, lost place after 3 out (usual 4 out), soon ridden, no chance with front pair before next
held up in touch, left 3rd and last at 3rd, went 2nd after 3 out (usual 4 out), led next, pushed out, readily
led, headed 2 out, soon ridden, kept on same pace, no impression with winner flat
Caravel doesn't look a natural jumper of fences and is probably best watched again here but Alfraamsey didn't fare badly on his chase debut behind the more experienced Hes Our Lad at Stratford and is open to improvement. Present To You has now had 14 starts over fences, however, and is still chasing a first success. He did finish half-a-length ahead of TINDARO at Stratford last month but Paul Webber's charge is a couple of pounds better off here and has bags more scope. The five-year-old could be the one to beat with Eddie G having questions to answer now.
Caravel (IRE) 11-10 (10-12) Tracked leader, led 3rd, jumped left, mistake and headed 3 out, weakened after next, left 2nd last, 2nd of 3, 48l behind Deb's Dasher (10-12) at Stratford 2m 1f nov chs (4) gs.
Eddie G (IRE) 9-2 (11-0) Mid-division, headway after 9th, hampered 13th, not fluent and weakened 4 out, mistake and stumbled 2 out, pulled up and dismounted soon after, in a race won by Danimix (10-11) at Worcester 2m 7f beg chase (4) gd in Jul, 9 ran.
Present To You (IRE) 13-8fav (11-7) Led, edged right and ridden after 3 out, soon headed, stayed on same pace flat, 2nd of 6, 4 1/2l behind With Grace (11-0) at Ffos Las 2m 3f beg chs (4) gs.
Tindaro (FR) 10-1 (11-12) In touch on outside, headway 3 out, chased leader after next, kept on and every chance last, no extra in 3rd flat, 3rd of 13, 8l behind Giant O Murchu (11-5) at Stratford 2m 1f nov hcp chs 0-115 (4) gf in Jul.
Alfraamsey 7-4 (10-4) Led, pressed from 8th, challenged from 2 out, ridden and headed before last, one pace, 2nd of 6, 4l behind Hes Our Lad (11-6) at Stratford 2m 1f beg chs (4) gd.
