held up in rear, under pressure approaching 4 out, soon beaten
tracked leader, weakening when mistake 7th, soon beaten
held up in touch, hit 4th, chased leaders under pressure 2 out, soon beaten, modest 3rd
led, 10 lengths clear at halfway, headed approaching last, faded flat
held up in touch, headway to chase leaders 4 out, went 2nd after next, led before last, soon well clear, stayed on strongly
tracked leader, hard ridden after 8th, weakened 3 out
Nonrunner
Beyondtemptation only found one too good at Sedgefield on Tuesday but that was one of her rare decent efforts and she remains a maiden. SNAPPING TURTLE is lightly raced for his age and should he capable of giving weight to this lot on his recent third at Perth. Raifteiri has gone up another 4lb since finishing well beaten at Kelso while Riguez Dancer last ran over hurdles six years ago. The others make even less appeal.
Riguez Dancer 10-1 (10-7) Behind, struggling 7th, no danger after, 6th of 8, 25l behind O'Callaghan Strand (11-4) at Market Rasen 2m 4f hcp chs 0-120 (4) gd in Aug.
Raifteiri (IRE) 12-1 (10-0) Always behind, struggling 4 out, 7th of 11, 21l behind Endeavor (11-2) at Kelso 2m hcp hdl 0-100 (5) gd in Sep.
Forestside (IRE) 25-1 (9-7) Held up in rear, ridden before 9th, lost touch 3 out, tailed off, last of 5, well behind Balbriggan (11-12) at Perth 3m amat hcp hdl 0-120 (4) gd in Sep.
Beyondtemptation 16-1 (10-1) Led, headed before 2 out, kept on and always held, 2nd of 6, 4 1/2l behind Speed Check (11-5) at Sedgefield 2m 5f cnd nov hcp hdl (5) gd in Sep.
Ballyreesode (IRE) 12-1 (9-12) Led to 2nd, close up, weakened 4 out, tailed off 3 out, pulled up before 2 out, in a race won by Hurricane Ivan (11-7) at Sedgefield 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-100 (5) sft in May, 13 ran.
Home Girl (IRE) 33-1 (10-0) Held up towards rear, pushed along before 6 out, soon tailed off, pulled up, in a race won by Champion Versions (10-0) at Sedgefield 3m 3f hcp hdl 0-100 (5) gd in Sep, 8 ran.
Snapping Turtle (IRE) 12-1 (10-8) Tracked leaders, not fluent 4th, mistake 4 out, soon ridden, not fluent 3 out, one pace next, no impression after, stayed on final 100 yards, 3rd of 6, 7l behind Solway Sam (10-3) at Perth 3m hcp hdl 0-110 (4) gs in Aug.
