held up in touch, headway to track leading trio from 6th, ridden to challenge between last 3, led 2 out, driven right out flat
chased leaders in 4th until not fluent and dropped to last 3 out, rallied from 2 out, chased leading pair last, kept on strongly flat
held up last but in touch, headway approaching 2 out, chased winner soon after, upsides last, not quicken flat
raced wide, tracking leaders, went 2nd 6th, led after 3 out, headed when blundered 2 out, beaten after
tracked leader to 6th, hard ridden to chase leaders approaching 2 out, 3rd and held when blundered last
led, headed after 3 out, weakened soon after 2 out
Nonrunner
Accordello,Fountain Crumble and Ben's Turn are three against the field in another tough race to call for punters and the narrow vote is given to Accordello. The selection has won his last two races in good style notabley when beating Ostfanni last time out, granted he is rising in the weights but he looks a progressive type and he is taken to defy the handicaper under conditions that suit. Fountain Crumble rates the main danger as she is improving with each run and won well last time when defeating Lyes Green but this is much more competitive and he looks vulnerable off this higher mark. Ben's Turn is another that could go well as he beat Kipsigis last time but he has yet to prove he stays this far and he looks opposable on that basis. Tessanoora and Refinement are game and consistent and are sure to run their races but both look weighted up to their best and with this in mind for the winner we return to the progressive Accordello.
Refinement (IRE) 6-1 (11-3) Held up, steady headway from 9th, ridden in 4th and switched left approaching last, no extra, 4th of 16, 15l behind Material World (10-5) at Cheltenham 3m hcp hdl (2) sft.
Accordello (IRE) 11-2 (10-0) Held up in rear, blundered 8th, headway 3 out, ridden to lead last, stayed on well, won at Aintree 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-140 (2) gd in Nov beating Ostfanni (10-10) by 1 1/2l, 16 ran.
Fountain Crumble 6-1 (10-5) Held up, headway 8th, stumbled 3 out, led and hit 2 out, kept on, won at Taunton 3m hcp hdl 0-120 (3) sft beating Lyes Green (11-12) by 7l, 15 ran.
Blaeberry 7-4fav (11-6) Held up in rear, hit 5th, steady headway from 9th, mistake 2 out, weakened between last 2, 4th of 12, 14l behind Inishturk (10-6) at Kempton 3m hcp hdl 0-120 (3) gs in Nov.
Ben's Turn (IRE) 9-2 (10-9) Tracked leaders, led soon after 2 out, strongly pressed from last, driven and held on game, all out, won at Sandown 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-130 (3) hvy beating Kipsigis (11-1) by 3/4l, 9 ran.
Letitia's Loss (IRE) 8-1 (11-0) Held up, ridden and headway after 3 out, one pace from next, 4th of 10, 8l behind Piraeus (11-2) at Catterick 3m 1f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gs.
Tessanoora 7-2 (11-5) Held up, headway approaching 3 out, went 3rd 2 out, no impression, 3rd of 9, 25l behind Manhattan Boy (10-7) at Newbury 2m cnd hcp hdl 0-130 (3) hvy in Nov.
