held up in touch in rear, not fluent 6th, closed after next, ridden before 3 out, soon beaten
held up in touch in rear and kept wide, ridden after 7th, soon weakened, pulled up before 3 out
made all, mistake 3rd, not fluent 6th or 3 out, clear from next, mistake last, comfortably
tracked winner throughout and kept wide, ridden before 3 out, edged right and beaten next, stayed on same pace
tracked leaders, ridden and beaten in 3rd 3 out, no extra from next
tracked leaders, not fluent 4th, pushed along 6th, outpaced after next, stayed on approaching last, went 3rd flat, no impression
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Church Field has won two of his last three but is only a plater and likely to find a few of these too good. Arctic Gold steps up another grade but must have every chance of completing the hat-trick as he's very lightly raced. L'aigle Royal is only a couple of pounds higher than when second at Wetherby in October and was highly tried last season. But this is a new trip and his stamina will be tested on the forecast going. MONETARY FUND hasn't won over hurdles in three years but is now 12lb lower and showed he was no back number with a recent third at Kempton. As he stays well, he could take advantage of a low weight today.
L'aigle Royal (GER) 7-1 (11-2) Held up mid-division, headway 3 out, one pace and no impression, 7th of 15, 12 1/2l behind One For Harry (10-13) at Carlisle 2m 4f hcp (2) gs in Nov.
Billfromthebar (IRE) 12-1 (11-7) In rear, pushed along 9th, ridden next, mistake 12th, soon lost touch, tailed off 15th, pulled up after, at Perth 3m hcp (3) gs in Sep.
Arctic Gold (IRE) 13-8fav (11-5) Made all, set steady pace until quickened 3 out, not fluent next, stayed on well, won at Bangor 2m 4f (4) hvy in Nov beating Kalondra (10-12) by 3/4l, 6 ran.
Crazy Jack (IRE) 12-1 (11-7) Chased leaders, pushed along before 2 out, soon driven and weakened 2 out, 10th of 13, 26 1/4l behind Masterplan (11-3) at Ascot 2m 6f hcp (3) sft in Dec.
Church Field (IRE) 4-5fav (11-1) Tracked leaders, 2nd from 2nd until after 4th, 2nd again before 3 out, challenged 2 out, led before last, driven flat, stayed on, won at Worcester 2m 4f (5) gd in Oct beating Bar A Mine (10-10) by 2 1/4l, 5 ran.
Floral Spinner 16-1 (11-12) Tracked leaders, lost place before 9th, soon weakened, 9th of 14, dist behind Monbeg Gold (11-11) at Exeter 2m 7f hcp (4) sft in Nov.
Monetary Fund (USA) 8-1 (11-5) Mid-division, headway before 3 out, ridden before 2 out, kept on, 3rd of 12, 9 1/4l behind Lady Of Longstone (11-9) at Kempton 3m hcp (4) gs in Nov.
