held up in touch, lost place approaching 5th, soon tailed off, pulled up before 3 out
with leader, led 7th, ridden and headed 3 out, lost 2nd when weakening flat
led to 7th, ridden approaching 2 out, weakened approaching last
tracked leaders, weakened 5 out, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
held up in touch, hit 4th, outpaced 8th, stayed on approaching 3 out, chased winner after last, no impression
held up in rear, pushed along and outpaced approaching 8th, headway 4 out, led next, clear approaching last, easily
Lanmire Tower has obvious claims and can see off the challenge of King's Bounty, with Tacolino and Log On Intersky best of the rest. Lanmire Tower showed that there is still life in the old dog yet with a convincing all-the-way victory at Lingfield three weeks ago, gained despite the heavy conditions. The going is a bit better than that today, and this dual course winner looks capable of obliging again off his current mark. The booking of useful conditional William Kennedy is a bonus, and Steve Gollings's charge is the one to beat. King's Bounty has not threatened too much of late and Tim Easterby has yet to really get going with his jumpers, while Tacolino would have claims on his old form but is readily opposed. That leaves Log On Intersky as a potential threat, but he will do well to give so much weight away to the selection, Lanmire Tower.
Log On Intersky (IRE) 7-1 (11-7) Chased winner until 3 out, weakened after 2 out, 3rd of 5, 20l behind Hakim (11-7) at Stratford 2m 1f hcp chs 0-120 (D) sft in Oct.
Bold Investor 33-1 (10-13) Always behind, tailed off when pulled up at the 11th in race won by Ross Comm (10-13) at Carlisle 3m 2f hcp chs 0-135 (C) hvy in Oct, 17 ran.
King's Bounty 6-1 (10-13) Tracked leaders, lost placed 11th, weakened next, 8th of 11, 43l behind Miss Mattie Ross (9-10) at Kelso 2m 6f hcp chs 0-120 (D) gs in Nov.
Tacolino (FR) 9-1 (11-4) Led to 2nd, led again 8th, headed 10th, weakened 3 out, 5th of 8, 35l behind Fiery Peace (11-3) at Market Rasen 2m 4f hcp chs 0-115 (D) gs in Nov.
Lanmire Tower (IRE) 11-1 (11-5) Took keen hold, led 2nd, made rest, jumped right last 3, kept on under pressure, won at Lingfield 2m 4f amt hcp chs (F) sft in Nov beating Ask The Umpire (11-4) by 1/2l, 5 ran.
Magnificent Seven (IRE) 20-1 (11-7) Held up in mid-division, outpaced when hampered 13th, tailed off when pulled up 5 out in race won by Precious Bane (10-4) at Hexham 3m 1f nov hcp chs 0-105 (E) gs in Nov, 9 ran.
