held up towards rear, chased leaders approaching 11th, weakened after 3 out
made all, not fluent 8th, headed after 2 out, soon ridden, not fluent last, kept on, no chase with winner
held up towards rear and raced wide, chased leaders 3rd, blundered 10th, soon lost place, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
tracked leaders, disputing 2nd when blundered and unseated rider 3 out
tracked leaders, not fluent 14th, left 2nd 3 out, led after 2 out, ran on strongly from last, pushed out
held up in rear, not fluent 4th and soon reminders, tailed off from 12th
held up towards rear, left 3rd 3 out, weakened before next
tracked leaders, mistake 3rd, mistake 8th, lost place from 10th, tailed off when blundered badly 4 out, pulled up before 2 out
Victorias Groom is well handicapped nowadays but appears to have completely lost his way and stopped very quickly at Fakenham last time. Marc Of Brilliance enters the argument on his recent C&D third, while Western Whisky chased home Deep Pockets over a longer trip at Plumpton six days ago. Mud Monkey won over a shorter trip here in November but FLEMISH INVADER is probably worth another chance over 3m on this sharp track. Despite only finishing seventh over 2m4f at Ludlow last month, the eight-year-old was staying on strongly up the straight and is probably on a decent mark at present.
Ballyvesey (IRE) 25-1 (10-0) Tracked leaders, went 2nd 8th, led 3 out, soon ridden, headed next, kept on same pace, no impression when lost 3rd flat, 4th of 17, 18l behind Hello Bud (10-5) at Aintree 3m 2f lstd hcp chs (1) gs in Nov.
Mud Monkey 16-1 (11-2) Led, mistake 3rd, soon clear, headed approaching and mistake 4 out, soon weakened, 5th of 9, 28l behind As De Fer (11-1) at Exeter 2m 3f hcp chs 0-135 (3) sft in Feb.
Costa Courta (FR) 11-1 (11-12) Tracked leader, led 1st, headed 11th, weakened next, soon eased, behind when pulled up before 4 out, in a race won by Sweden (10-9) at Ffos Las 3m hcp chs 0-135 (3) sft in Jan, 7 ran.
Victorias Groom (GER) 9-2 (11-7) Tracked leaders, hit 12th, ridden and weakened 4 out, tailed off when jumped right last, 5th of 6, well behind Wellforth (10-5) at Fakenham 3m hcp chs 0-130 (3) gs in Feb.
Flemish Invader (IRE) 15-2 (11-1) Held up in mid-division on outside, headway 10th, no impression 3 out, 7th of 10, 11l behind Peplum (11-8) at Ludlow 2m 4f hcp chs 0-130 (3) gd in Feb.
Speed Bonnie Boat 18-1 (9-12) Tracked leaders, pushed along 7th, lost place approaching 9th, behind 12th, 6th of 9, 38l behind Forget It (10-12) at Wincanton 2m 5f nov chs (3) sft in Jan.
Marc of Brilliance (USA) 20-1 (10-11) Held up in rear, headway 13th, went 3rd approaching 2 out, every chance last, not look keen and no impression on winner when lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 8, 4l behind Squadron (11-12) at Huntingdon 3m nov hcp chs (0-125) (3) gs in Feb.
Western Whisky (FR) 13-2 (11-1) In touch, joined leaders 12th, left in lead 4 out, clear next, reduced lead 2 out, headed flat, kept on, 2nd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Deep Pockets (11-4) at Plumpton 3m 2f 5yo Am hcp 0-115 (4) sft in Feb.
