prominent, mistake 16th, carried left before 3 out, soon beaten
led until 2nd, led 6th, not fluent and headed next, stayed close up, hampered before 3 out, soon beaten
mid-division, not fluent 12th, headway 17th, not much room and edged left before 3 out, jumped right and not fluent last, no extra towards finish
prominent, led 3rd, headed 6th, led next, headed 3 out, mistake 2 out, stayed on same pace, lost 2nd towards finish
prominent, led and not fluent 2nd, headed 3rd, tracked leaders, mistake 6th, lost place 12th, no impression after
chased leaders, lost place 6th, headway 17th, not fluent 4 out, led 3 out, mistake 2 out, stayed on
mid-division, headway on outside when mistake 6th, mistake and unseated rider 17th
held up and behind, not fluent 8th, hit 17th, well beaten 4 out
held up in rear, not fluent 3rd, mistake 6th, not fluent 11th, hit 17th, pecked 4 out, headway next, not much room after last, went 2nd towards finish, ran on, unable to reach winner
Abbeygrey arrives on a hat-trick after recent victories at Huntingdon and Newton Abbot but he's upped in grade off a higher mark and may be worth opposing. Decimus was pulled up when favourite at Stratford but is better than that and makes more appeal than Jeremy Scott's other runner, Best Boy Barney, on today's terms. Big Casino was well beaten on his reappearance at Ffos Las while Dreamsoftheatre was tailed off in two starts last month, though his stable has been showing signs of a revival this week. KINGCORA wasn't given a hard time on his comeback run at Worcester and will strip fitter here. Still only a six-year-old, Venetia Williams' Bangor winner is capable of better so gets a tentative vote as Sin Bin has proved expensive to follow.
Big Casino 3-1 (11-0) Held up in touch, headway into modest 3rd after 14th, stayed on same pace and no impression before next, 3rd of 6, 27l behind Doing Fine (10-13) at Ffos Las 3m nov hcap ch (3) sft in Oct.
Dreamsoftheatre (IRE) 10-1 (11-0) Tracked leader until 14th, soon ridden, weakened 3 out, 4th of 5, 46l behind Wiesentraum (11-12) at Fakenham 3m hcp chs 0-140 (3) gd in Oct.
Sin Bin (IRE) 2-1fav (11-1) Led until before 2nd, chased leader, hit 8th, slithered badly on landing, not recover and pulled up, in a race won by Tinker Time (11-6) at Kempton 3m nov hcap ch (3) gs, 5 ran.
Best Boy Barney (IRE) 5-2 (11-4) Led, pushed along 11th, headed when not fluent 3 out, hit 2 out, no impression but stayed on flat, 2nd of 3, 3l behind Polisky (11-8) at Wincanton 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-125 (3) gf in Oct.
Kingcora (FR) 17-2 (10-11) Tracked leaders on inside, not fluent 10th, lost place after 14th, well beaten from 4 out, 7th of 10, 23l behind Lookslikerainted (11-1) at Worcester 2m 7f nov ltd hcp chs 0-135 (3) gs in Oct.
Gorsky Island 4-7fav (11-0) Tracked leaders in 4th, went 3rd before 3 out, weakened before 2 out, 4th of 6, 22l behind Crazy Jack (11-0) at Towcester 2m mdn chs (5) gs in May.
Decimus (IRE) 11-8fav (11-9) Tracked winner, mistake 3 out, ridden before next, soon weakened, pulled up before last, in a race won by Prince Des Marais (11-7) at Stratford 2m 7f hcp chs 0-110 (4) gd in Oct, 5 ran.
Caballo De Marcus (USA) 14-1 (11-6) Held up behind, slightly hampered 8th, chased leaders 14th, outpaced in 4th when blundered 3 out, soon weakened, 4th of 9, 36l behind Wood Yer (11-10) at Kempton 3m hcp chs 0-115 (4) gs in Oct.
Abbeygrey (IRE) 10-11fav (11-5) Held up, headway after 11th, hit 12th, not fluent next, went 3rd 15th, not fluent and outpaced 3 out, rallied from 2 out, led soon after last, stayed on, won at Newton Abbot 3m 2f hcp chs 0-110 (4) sft in Oct beating Milosam (11-5) by 3l, 7 ran.
