close up, led after 7th, left clear before 4 out, eased towards finish
not fluent on occasions, held up towards rear, ridden along 5 out, no impression
not fluent on occasions, tracked leader, lost position 5th, ridden 7th, never on terms
held up in rear, pushed along 5 out, stayed on without troubling winner
prominent, headway and 2nd 5 out, slipped and unseated rider before 4 out
led, mistake and headed 7th, pushed along and mistake 4 out, tailed off, pulled up before 2 out
Though a winner over hurdles, Long Call hasn’t looked a natural over fences so far though was still more than eight lengths ahead of Presuming Ed at Kempton last month. BRAVEHEART is likely to be a short price, however, and is hard to oppose after a comfortable victory in similar company at Exeter.
Presuming Ed (IRE) 4-1 (11-2) Led, ridden and strongly pressed home turn, soon headed, weakened 2 out, 4th of 5, 24 1/2l behind Ridgeway (11-3) at Kempton 2m 2f hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Call Me Freddie 10-1 (11-8) Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, slight mistake 4 out, ridden and no extra next, 9th of 11, dist behind Lady Mccabe (10-5) at Wexford 3m 1f hcp gd in Apr.
Braveheart (IRE) 5-2 (11-0) Tracked leader, led 3 out, soon clear, hit last, won at Exeter 2m 1f hcp (5) gf in Oct beating Gaelic Thunder (10-2) by 9l, 7 ran.
Long Call 8-1 (10-6) Held up, struggling home turn, keeping on into 3rd 2 out, no extra last, 3rd of 5, 16l behind Ridgeway (11-3) at Kempton 2m 2f hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Miladygrace 10-1 (10-0) Midfield, 3rd when pushed after 3 out, kept on steadily under hands and heels, 3rd of 10, 13 3/4l behind Goldencard (11-4) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f hcp (5) gd in Sep.
Allset (IRE) 100-1 (11-1) Soon led, headed 4f out, weakened quickly over 3f out, tailed off, last of 14, dist behind Richard P Smith (11-0) at Windsor 1m 3f hcp (6) sft in Oct.
