held up in rear, 6th and in touch after 8th, soon ridden, weakened approaching 4 out
took keen hold, tracked leaders, went 2nd 7th, led 4 out, drew clear after 2 out, stayed on well
tracked leaders, lost place approaching 5th, not fluent next, stayed on to take 3rd 4 out, chased winner before last, no impression
held up in touch, not fluent 1st, lost ground on leaders 4th, closed to go 3rd after 8th until 4 out, weakening when mistake 3 out, tailed off
held up, headway on outside 3rd, hit 7th, weakened after next, tailed off
with leader until 7th, ridden next, weakened approaching 4 out, tailed off
led until 4 out, 3rd and beaten approaching last, weakened flat
Quick Fix is still a maiden over fences and must be forgiven a poor effort at Huntingdon when last seen. But he has ability and could figure if the rest has revived him. Randjo bounced back from being pulled up behind Guns Of Love at Taunton by winning by 20 lengths at Fontwell. Victor Dartnall's enigmatic front-runner is 13lb higher here, however, and may struggle to reverse earlier form with the more consistent bottom weight. Coach Lane doesn't look the force of old and Devils River beat him on worse terms at Towcester last spring so the vote goes to BASEBALL TED. Charlie Longsdon's charge isn't badly handicapped on his best form and is likely to appreciate this better ground.
Coach Lane 10-1 (11-6) Chased leaders, blundered 7th, soon behind, 4th of 7, well behind Bedarra Boy (10-10) at Taunton 2m hcp chs 0-115 (4) gs in Jan.
Baseball Ted (IRE) 11-4 (11-3) Tracked leaders, slow 6th, under pressure 3 out, weakened last, 3rd of 7, 18l behind Bedarra Boy (10-10) at Taunton 2m hcp chs 0-115 (4) gs in Jan.
Randjo (FR) 9-2 (11-10) Chased clear leader until 4th, went 2nd again 6th, closed 8th, led next, clear from 3 out, well in command when blundered last, won at Fontwell 2m 2f hcp chs 0-95 (5) gs in Jan beating Keyneema (11-3) by 20l, 10 ran.
Quick Fix (IRE) 25-1 (11-4) Mid-division, mistake 6th, headway when not fluent 8th, struggling 12th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out, in a race won by Mud Monkey (10-13) at Huntingdon 2m 4f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gs in Nov, 12 ran.
Orpen Wide (IRE) 40-1 (11-0) Always behind, tailed off from over 5f out, 9th of 10, well behind Den of Iniquity (11-0) at Southwell 2m Nat Hunt Flat (5yo+) (AWT) (4) std in Dec.
Devils River (IRE) 9-1 (11-11) Led, ridden and headed last, edged left flat, lost 2nd near finish, 3rd of 6, 2l behind Karasakal (11-4) at Towcester 2m hcp ch 0-95 (5) sft.
Guns of Love (IRE) 5-2fav (11-6) Led, ridden and clear before last, kept on well, won at Taunton 2m hcp chs 0-95 (5) gs beating Mujamead (11-4) by 5l, 7 ran.
