led, headed 5th, stayed prominent, ridden, weakened 2 out
held up, headway 4th, led 6th, headed, weakened 3 out
tracked leaders, ridden 2 out, every chance last not quicken
mid-division, keen, ridden, stayed on one pace from 3 out
held up, headway 6th, weakened 2 out
in touch, keen, led approaching 3 out on bit, quickened up well last, readily
prominent, led briefly 5th, ridden, outpaced 3 out, stayed on after 2 out to take 3rd, close home
held up rear, headway 6th, ridden, weakened 2 out
always in the rear
Parisienne Gale has been in terrific form and can keep up the good work, with My Sharp Grey, Don And Gerry and Margarets Wish expected to give him most to do. Richard Ford's six-year-old has won four out of her last six starts since August, and was still able to race off a mark of 90 when put over hurdles at Taunton recently. Not disgraced in finishing third, the drop back to two miles will be in her favour as she now tackles handicap company again. She is sure to make them all go, and looks all set to quickly return to winning ways. My Sharp Grey has won twice here in the past, and ran another good race when second here last month. That was in selling company though and she has a bit more to do now, as does Don And Gerry, although to be fair, her last two outings have been at Cheltenham. She always seems to find at least one too good though, and is another that is worth opposing. Margarets Wish is yet another past course and distance winner who was in fact a regular sight round here in the first half of the year. Her rider lost his iron at Haydock last time, and she can go well under Tony Dobbin, without being good enough to catch Parisienne Gale.
Shady Anne 7-1 (10-4) Held up in rear, not fluent 9th, headway 14th, weakened 2 out, 4th of 12, 15l behind Pams Oak (11-2) at Worcester 2m 7f beg chs (E) gf in Apr.
Resonance 20-1 (10-7) Always behind, mistake 2 out, 8th of 9, well behind Penneyrose Bay (11-3) at Worcester 2m 4f mrs hcp hdl (D) gf in Oct.
Don And Gerry (IRE) 20-1 (11-0) Chased leaders, hit 3 out, weakened under pressure before last, 4th of 19, 9l behind Not Left Yet (11-10) at Cheltenham 2m nov hcp hdl 0-110 (D) gs in Nov.
Samandara (FR) 20-1 (11-2) Mid-division, ridden after 3 out, soon weakened, 13th of 14, 34l behind Nanga Parbat (11-5) at Wincanton 2m hcp hdl 0-110 (E) gd in Oct.
My Sharp Grey 9-1 (10-3) Mid-division, headway 5th, chased winner 3 out, ridden next, not quicken flat, 2nd of 14, 2l behind Auetaler (10-4) at Ludlow 2m cnd sll hdl (G) gd in Nov.
Capitana (GER) 11-2 (10-9) Held up, headway after 4th, ridden approaching 2 out, weakened approaching last, 5th of 14, 10l behind Phar Out Phavorite (11-9) at Hereford 2m 1f nov hcp hdl 0-105 (E) gf in Apr.
Margarets Wish 33-1 (10-0) Saddle slipped, mid-division, not fluent 2 out and rider lost iron, kept on flat, 4th of 11, 8l behind Incursion (11-2) at Haydock 2m cnd hcp hdl 0-105 (E) gd in Oct.
Parisienne Gale (IRE) 4-5fav (11-5) Led to 3 out, soon ridden, kept on same pace, 3rd of 10, 10l behind Pearly Bay (10-12) at Taunton 2m 3f mrs nov hdl (C) gf in Nov.
