held up in rear, pulled hard, headway after 5th, went 2nd after 3 out, jumped left and no impression next, soon weakened
took keen hold, led, clear 3rd, hit 3 out, headed and weakened before next
held up, outpaced before 3 out, stayed on to take 2nd after next, no chance with winner
tracked leader until before 3 out, soon weakened, blundered next
tracked leaders, went 2nd before 3 out, led appproaching next, soon clear, easily
Double U Dot Ede's had run quite well in a non-seller at Fontwell and started favourite for a similar race to this at Fakenham but not for the first time ran a shocker. Craftybird was beaten out of sight in all races on the Flat but did slightly better in a claiming hurdle at Ludlow and wouldn't need to improve much to take a hand. Chief Executive, once rated 75 on the Flat, is now down to 41 which says it all and Tetralogy was tailed off when runner-up on his debut then pulled up on his only subsequent start. MR LANDO at least knows where the winning post is as he demonstrated at Kempton last month. He's also won over hurdles in Ireland so should prove too good for these despite a big weight.
Mr Lando 12-1 (11-8) Bolted to post and did 5f extra, pulled hard, charged though to lead after 1st, jumped path after 3rd and given reminder, headed 4th and weakened, pulled up before next, in a race won by Makari (11-10) at Huntingdon 2m hcp hdl 0-115 (4) sft in Oct '13, 10 ran.
Chief Executive (IRE) 50-1 (8-11) Mid-division, outpaced 3f out, weakened over 2f out, eased over 1f out, 11th of 13, 48l behind Alba Verde (8-13) at Wolverhampton 2m hcp 0-60 (6) in Sep (flat).
Double U Dot Ede's 3-1fav (11-9) Prominent, led 3rd, ridden and headed 2 out, kept on same pace, 5th of 9, 21l behind Seaside Shuffle (10-6) at Fakenham 2m Conditional Selling Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (3yo+) (5) gd in Oct.
Tetralogy (IRE) 10-1 (11-0) Held up mid-division, pushed along before 4 out, soon weakened, pulled up before last, in a race won by Ride The Range (11-0) at Hexham 2m 4f mdn hdl (5) gs in Oct, 8 ran.
Craftybird 12-1 (10-0) Held up in rear, not fluent 2nd or 6th, soon ridden, headway 3 out, went 3rd before last, one pace and no impression, 3rd of 9, 18l behind Drifter (11-5) at Ludlow 2m 3yo clm hdl (4) gd in Oct.