steadied start, held up in rear, steady headway 6f out, chased leaders into straight, 2nd on bit over 2f out, led inside final furlong, headed and not pace of winner close home
slowly into stride, towards rear, mid-division after 3f, chased leaders halfway, led 3f out until over 2f out, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway tracking leaders over 5f out, not clear run inside final 3f, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, wert 3rd final 100 yards
held up in last pair, headway on outside chasing leaders over 4f out, ridden on inside over 1f out, stayed on to lead close home
mid-division, headway on outside chasing leaders over 5f out, led over 3f out, ridden and pressed over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened final 100 yards
led over 2f, chased leader, led again over 6f out, reminders over 5f out, headed 3f out, weakened quickly, behind and eased final 2f, tailed off
mid-division headway chasing leaders halfway, switched right 2f out, driven in 5th and no impression well over 1f out
towards rear, moderate late headway, never a factor
chased leaders, off the pace halfway, pushed along 7f out, weakened over 5f out, tailed off
chased leaders, pushed along over 6f out, weakened 4f out, tailed off
chased leader, led after 2 1/2f, clear 12f out until halfway, headed over 6f out, weakened quickly, tailed off
Nonrunner
None of these inspire confidence. HALLING'S WISH has been racing over jumps since winning over 1m5f at Bath in August. He looks worth chancing over today's trip. Danglydontask finally got off the mark when successful over 1m6f at Nottingham last month while Oakbank scored over today's distance on the Polytrack here in April. Snow Conditions made the frame in an amateurs race at Brighton off a similar mark and Dukes Den was a well beaten third over 2m at Kempton a fortnight ago.
Halling's Wish 9-4fav (9-9) Held up, headway over 3f out, led 2f out, stayed on well, won at Bath 1m 5f hcp 0-55 (6) gs in Aug beating Well Owd Mon (8-13) by 1 1/4l, 9 ran.
Dukes Den 8-1 (8-13) Mid-division, soon ridden along, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, no impression on front pair, 3rd of 14, 5l behind Songsmith (9-6) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Jun.
Snow Conditions 7-2 (10-3) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway and switched right 2f out, went 2nd close home, stayed on, no impression on winner, 2nd of 10, 1 3/4l behind Indian Scout (9-9) at Brighton 1m 4f am hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Jun.
Noor Al Haya (IRE) 25-1 (8-5) Held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 5th of 14, 6l behind Songsmith (9-6) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Jun.
Sebs Sensei (IRE) 10-1 (8-8) In touch in mid-division, switched left over 2f out, effort over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 6th of 14, 7l behind Songsmith (9-6) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Jun.
Opus Too (IRE) 7-1 (9-0) Led after 1f, headed 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 33l behind Shifting Moon (8-1) at Chelmsford City 1m 5f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jun.
Danglydontask 11-1 (8-4) Towards rear, headway on outer approaching 2f out, ridden and ran on to lead towards finish, won at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp 0-60 (6) gs in Jun beating With Hindsight (9-1) by 1 1/2l, 14 ran.
Sakhra 10-1 (8-13) Led 2f, tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, faded final furlong, 6th of 14, 13l behind Danglydontask (8-4) at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp 0-60 (6) gs in Jun.
Sunny Bank 100-1 (8-12) Always towards rear, behind over 5f out, tailed off, 11th of 12, well behind Felice (8-12) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (0-55) (6) fbs in May.
Illegale (IRE) 50-1 (7-12) Held up in rear, well behind over 2f out, 13th of 14, 25l behind Songsmith (9-6) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Jun.
Beaver Creek 66-1 (8-4) Set strong pace, pushed along over 5f out, headed over 2f out, soon weakened, 11th of 13, 24l behind Megalala (8-8) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) gf in Jun.
Oakbank (USA) 16-1 (8-0) Tracked leader until 7f out, chased leaders, pushed along over 4f out, ridden well over 1f out, soon weakened quickly, last of 11, 13l behind Frederic Chopin (9-8) at Kempton 2m hacp 0-70 (5) pol in May.
