jumped left early, tracked leader, led 7th, headed 15th, stayed prominent, hard ridden before 3 out, led again 2 out, ran on well flat
close up, tracked winner 7th, not fluent 15th and 16th, rallied before 3 out, soon outpaced and weakened
in touch, chased leaders 15th, not fluent 16th, soon ridden and outpaced before 3 out
held up behind, chased leaders from 14th, mistake 16th, every chance 3 out, ridden and kept on same pace from 2 out
held up behind, headway to track winner at 11th, led 15th, ridden and headed 2 out, rallied before last, not pace of winner flat
always rear, not jumped well, struggling and fell 14th
jumped left, jumped badly left 7th and nearly unseated rider, soon lost touch, pulled up after 9th
Guillaume Macaire's Look Collonges blotted his copybook when crashing out at Warwick, when held, last time so this should really be a match between Chicago Bulls and Rosslea, who clashed at Cheltenham in December, with the latter taken to confirm superiority over Alan King's gelding. Chicago Bulls was three-quarters of a length behind the selection in the race won by Therealbandit but is now 1lb better off. However, the son of Darshaan has yet to impress with his jumping and unseated Robert Thornton at Huntingdon last time so preference is for Rosslea. Henrietta Knight's gelding has always looked a chaser and did not disappoint when making a winning debut at Bangor in November. His better jumping gave the son of Roselier the edge over Chicago Bulls behind Therealbandit and he was again seen to good affect at his obstacles when second to Pizarro in Ireland last time. Rosslea's more accomplished jumping is taken to win him the day. None of the others make much appeal in this company with Kim Baileys First Flight probably the pick of them but Rosslea gets the vote.
