with leaders, led approaching 3 out, fell 2 out
towards rear, ridden 9th, headway after 4 out, kept on to lead last
tracked leaders, mistake 9th, lost place quickly and pulled up before 12th
towards rear, ridden and headway 13th, tracked leader 3 out, left in lead 2 out, headed last and faded
always in rear, reminders 5th
in touch, lost touch 13th, tailed off when mistake 3 out, pulled up before next.
tracked leaders, reminders 5th, lost place 8th, mistake 11th pulled up after 12th
led, headed approaching 3 out, weakened
in touch, held from 3 out
Nonrunner
DILLAY BROOK has sound claims of giving Brennan and George a quickfire double and is selected to do so. There's little recent form amongst the opposition but we're quite interested to see how The Pious Prince gets on. Dillay Brook is no star and has taken some time to open her account but did everything required of her in a similar race at Plumpton. Whether she'll be able to improve significantly on that form is open to question but she may not need to in order to follow up under a penalty in this company. The Pious Prince promised plenty in bumpers for Lenny Lungo but has shown next to nothing over obstacles and looked a difficult ride. He has his first run for a new yard and could be very well handicapped if they can bring the best out of him. The rest have more letters than numbers in their recent form and making cases for them isn't easy. Portrait Royale is jumping a fence for the first time, Willy The Slip is from a yard going well and Lord Of The Castle is having his first run for a new yard so there are some angles there but it's all pretty speculative so we'll row in with Dillay Brook.
Portrait Royale (IRE) 11-1 (10-8) Towards rear, brief effort 5th, soon ridden, tailed off, 5th of 10, well behind Hinton Thunderbolt (11-1) at Plumpton 2m 5f nov hdl (4) sft in Mar.
Willy The Slip 4-1 (12-0) Held up; 5th when fell in race won by Zesta Fiesta (12-0) at Badbury Rings 3m ptp gf in Mar, 6 ran.
Lord Of The Castle (IRE) 20-1 (11-0) Prominent, led and disputed from 6th to 9th, soon ridden and weakened quickly, behind when fell in race won by Makemtakeit (9-11) at Tralee 2m 4f hcp chs 0-102 hvy in Aug '07, 16 ran.
Dillay Brook (IRE) 5-1 (11-9) Always prominent, ridden 3 out, narrow lead last, kept on, won at Plumpton 3m 2f nov hcp chs 0-90 (5) gs beating Fourpointone (11-12) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.
The Pious Prince (IRE) 9-2 (10-11) Always towards rear, tailed off when pulled up 4 out in race won by Extra Bold (10-11) at Exeter 2m 7f nov hcp chs 0-95 (5) gf in May, 15 ran.
Huck Finn (NZ) 20-1 (10-7) Always in rear, reminders 8th, struggling next, tailed off when mistake 4 out, 7th of 9, well behind Morenito (11-8) at Plumpton 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-95 (5) gf in Oct.
Polia (FR) 50-1 (10-5) In rear, slow jump 4th, lost touch from 7th and pulled up at the 11th in race won by Dillay Brook (11-9) at Plumpton 3m 2f nov hcp chs 0-90 (5) gs, 10 ran.
Auburn Grey 6-1 (9-10) Always last, hampered 3rd, hit 5th, behind when pulled up 5 out in race won by Leopold (11-5) at Fakenham 2m 5f hcp chs 0-100 (4) gd in Oct, 6 ran.
Alfabet Souk 7-1 (9-11) In touch until slipped up at the 2nd in race won by Dillay Brook (11-9) at Plumpton 3m 2f nov hcp chs 0-90 (5) gs, 10 ran.
Pip Moss 18-1 (10-6) Led, headed 3rd, left in lead again 4th, headed 12th, soon weakened, ptailed off when pulled up 2 out in race won by Rifleman (11-1) at Hereford 3m 1f amt hcp chs (5) gd, 12 ran.
