held up, went 3rd 9th, mistake 11th, ridden approaching 4 out, went 2nd last, no chance with winner
made all, clear 3 out, comfortably
tracked leaders, took keen hold, last and ridden 9th, lost touch 12th, tailed off
tracked winner, ridden and no impression after 3 out, lost 2nd last, weakened flat
Nonrunner
Flichity looks out of his depth at this level while the jury is out on Harvest Song for now but the remaining trio all look to have decent claims of landing this. Huntingdon winner Pentiffic won over this trip in his native Australia and is much better than he showed at Ayr, while Thats Ben was placed at Chepstow and Sedgefield before running respectably in a handicap at Warwick. BLUES AND TWOS has the build of a chaser and has been given plenty of time to get over a traumatic first run over the larger obstacles at Ascot, where he was hampered at an early stage and made several errors before falling. Providing lessons have been learned, he can make amends here.
Pentiffic (NZ) 11-4 (11-4) Tracked leaders, went 2nd at the 8th, weakened before 11th, left remote 3rd from 2 out, 3rd of 7, well behind Buffalo Bob (10-13) at Ayr 2m 4f hcp chs 0-145 (2) sft.
Blues And Twos 20-1 (11-1) Mistakes throughout, in rear, in touch, badly hampered 11th, in 3rd and held when fell 3 out, in a race won by Solix (11-1) at Ascot 2m 5f beg chs (3) gd in Nov, 4 ran.
Flichity (IRE) 25-1 (10-9) Mid-division, mistake 4th, lost place 6th, soon struggling, no danger after, 5th of 10, 33l behind Original Prankster (11-12) at Southwell 2m hcp chs 0-95 (5) gs in Jan.
Harvest Song (IRE) 33-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, one pace final furlong, 4th of 11, 5l behind Oscar Prairie (11-0) at Kempton 2m n h flat (6) gd.
Thats Ben (IRE) 11-2 (11-12) In touch on inside, headway when hit 4 out, ridden after next, stayed on to dispute 3rd last, no extra flat, 5th of 12, 12l behind Plum Pudding (10-13) at Warwick 3m hcp chs 0-120 (4) gs in Dec.
