held up, hit 1st and 4th, headway approaching 5th, ridden and pressing winner before 4 out, not fluent 2 out, beaten when mistake last
jumped left, led until before 10th, weakened 12th
held up in rear, headway 7th, went 2nd 11th, bumped and led 13th, clear last, ran on well
held up, pushed along 8th, ridden 10th, behind from 12th
jumped left, with leader, led approaching 10th, headed 13th, weakened approaching 4 out
held up, headway 12th, weakened 2 out
tracked leaders, raced keenly, weakened 4 out
HAAR looks a good bet to land this at the main expense of Spring Lover and Mizen Raven. Andrew Turnell's 5-year-old unseated his rider on his chasing debut but he left that running behind when chasing home Supreme Duke at Ludlow. He looks to have been found a good opportunity here and with ground conditions to suit he gets the pick. Spring Lover is a capable performer on his day but he has disappointed on his last two outings and he will need to raise his game if he is to get his head in front. Mizen Raven is stepped back up to a more suitable trip after staying-on to take third behind Cornas at Ludlow last time. There should be more to come and he has to be on the shortlist. Dream Falcon has got course and distance winning form and he can prove best of the others, but Haar showed enough last time to make him the one to beat today.
Haar 8-1 (10-10) Held up, not fluent 11th, headway 12th, chased winner approaching 4 out, no impression before last, 2nd of 6, 5l behind Supreme Duke (10-12) at Ludlow 2m 4f nov chs (3) gd in Feb.
Spring Lover (FR) 8-1 (11-9) Chased leader, mistake 5th, led 8th to 9th, weakened approaching 4 out, 5th of 9, well behind College Ace (11-8) at Stratford 2m 7f hcp chs 0-120 (3) gs.
Mizen Raven (IRE) 33-1 (11-0) Prominent, chased leader 2nd to 6th, weakened approaching 3 out, took moderate 3rd last strides, 3rd of 11, 15l behind Cornas (11-0) at Ludlow 2m beg chs (4) sft in Jan.
Dusty Dane (IRE) 40-1 (11-0) Mid-division, lost place 7th, behind from next and pulled up at the 12th in race won by Go For One (10-8) at Ludlow 3m hcp chs 0-120 (3) gs in Nov, 10 ran.
Dream Falcon 8-1 (10-5) Jumped left throughout, led, hit 3rd, headed 11th, soon ridden, held by winner from next, weakened and lost 2nd after 2 out, 3rd of 8, 17l behind Picts Hill (10-12) at Exeter 2m 3f nov chs (4) gd.
Golden Duck (IRE) 14-1 (11-6) Held up towards rear, headway approaching 4 out, never reached leaders, weakened approaching 2 out, 5th of 13, 15l behind Battlefield (10-5) at Ludlow 2m hcp chs 0-110 (4) gs in Feb.
Space Cowboy (IRE) 9-1 (11-1) Held up, ridden 8th, driven and no chance soon after 3 out, left poor 4th next, 4th of 8, 16l behind Laharna (10-10) at Plumpton 2m 1f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gs in Feb.
