held up in rear, pushed along after 6th, headway into 4th 8th, modest 3rd 4 out, 4 lengths to find when not fluent last, stayed on strongly run-in to lead last stride
headway chasing leaders 3rd, 2nd next, led 7th, blundered 9th and soon headed, lost 2nd 12th, weakening when jumped slowly and lost 3rd 4 out, tailed off
prominent until mistake and lost place 1st, last pair, not fluent 7th, dropped to rear before next, tailed off 10th, pulled up before 3 out
soon tracking leader until 4th, chased leading pair, outpaced 7th, chased clear leader 11th, closed steadily next, led 3 out, 3 lengths clear 2 out, ridden 2 lengths ahead last, idled badly run-in, caught last stride
led until 7th, chased leader, led again after 9th, clear next, blundered and headed 3 out, chased leader and soon ridden, 3 lengths down 2 out, closed and 2 lengths down last, rallied as leader idled badly run-in, just held
Lost Legend was last seen in July and has no real form on soft ground so is overlooked on this occasion but it's probably only a matter of time before Cocktails At Dawn is winning over fences. He was an expensive failure when falling at Catterick last time but had finished second at Ascot earlier. COLD MARCH fell at the first on his UK debut but did a lot better at Ascot eight days later when only weakening on the run-in. He finished well ahead of Key To The West that day and might be the pick of the weights today as Ostland has plenty to prove nowadays.
Lost Legend (IRE) 16-1 (11-3) Mid-division, hampered 5th, headway approaching 8th, challenging when jumpped right last, soon led, headed flat, held towards finish, 2nd of 13, 1 3/4l behind It's A Gimme (11-1) at Market Rasen 2m 6f listed hcp chs (1) gs in Jul.
Cocktails At Dawn 8-11fav (11-0) Tracked leaders, hit 3rd, went 2nd 5th until before 7th, fell 8th, in a race won by Grate Fella (11-0) at Catterick 2m 3f beg chs (4) gd in Dec, 9 ran.
Ostland (GER) 16-1 (11-9) Held up towards rear, ridden before 3 out, soon weakened, 5th of 7, 27l behind Robbie (11-12) at Doncaster 2m 3f hcp chs 0-140 (3) sft in Dec.
Cold March (FR) 7-1 (11-6) Jumped well, tracked leader until approaching 3rd, went 2nd again 6th, led 9th until 2 out, chased winner, kept on until no extra and dropped to 3rd final 150 yards, 3rd of 5, 2 1/4l behind Dance Floor King (10-11) at Ascot 2m 1f nov hcap ch (3) sft in Dec.
Key To The West (IRE) 3-1 (11-3) Tracked leaders, 2nd approaching 3rd, led after 3rd until not fluent and headed 6th, dropped to last pair after next, weakened 4 out, tailed off, last of 5, 36l behind Dance Floor King (10-11) at Ascot 2m 1f nov hcap ch (3) sft in Dec.
