close up, lost place 9th, soon towards rear, ridden 11th, behind 4 out, pulled up next
tracked leader, until ridden 4 out, plugged on, weakened run in
towards rear, headway 3 out, ridden next, kept on to go 2nd close home
tracked leader, led 4th, clear 8th, blundered 5 out and rider briefly lost iron, ridden and headed approaching 3 out, soon weakened, pulled up 2 out
led, headed 4th, tracked leaders, ridden 4 out, slightly outpaced next, rallied run in
in rear, pushed along 4th, behind 9th, pulled up soon after next
held up, headway 12th, tracked leader 4 out, led approaching next, clear next, ridden out
close up, tracked leaders 5 out, ridden to chase winner 3 out, kept on same pace, lost 2nd close home
Bring The Action, a winner between the flags, just prevailed in a battle to the line over this trip at Wetherby when soft ground was stated as the reason for his improvement so more rain would help. FREDDY FANATAPAN (NAP), a dual hurdles winner, was making his chasing debut when scoring over this trip at Huntingdon, leading three out and battling on strongly when headed, A 5lb rise looks manageable and he can go in again. Jessie Lightfoot made a reasonable start over fences at Leicester but will need to find mare while Paseo ran poorly on his second start over fences at Uttoxeter in September and has changed stables.
Blame The Game (IRE) 25-1 (10-6) Chased leaders out wide, not fluent 6th, weakened and behind before 15th, tailed off and pulled up before next, at Plumpton 3m 4f hcp (3) sft in Jan.
Bring The Action (IRE) 9-2jfav (11-4) Led, slight stumble 5 out, narrowly headed last, rallied gamely to lead again final stride, won at Wetherby 3m hcp (4) gs in Jan beating If Not For Dylan (11-12) by shd, 11 ran.
Paseo 11-4 (10-10) Chased winner, not fluent and lost place 9th, jumped left and not fluent 10th, slow and weakened 4 out, last of 3, 35 1/4l behind Vision Des Flos (11-12) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f hcp (3) gd in Sep.
Dora De Janeiro (FR) 12-1 (11-0) Chased leaders, went close 2nd and jumped right 4 out, 4th and weakening 2 out, 4th of 7, 17l behind If Not For Dylan (11-1) at Ayr 2m 4f hcp (4) sft in Jan.
Freddy Fanatapan 10-3fav (11-0) Pressed leader, led 8th, soon headed, led 15th, pressed flat, found more, won going away, won at Huntingdon 3m hcp (5) sft in Jan beating Lord Sparky (11-12) by 3 1/2l, 9 ran.
Call Simon (IRE) 10-1 (11-4) Not jump well, prominent, lost place 5th, mistake next, soon behind, 7th of 8, dist behind Green Vault (11-12) at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 7f hcp (5) sft in Jan.
Jessie Lightfoot (IRE) 8-1 (10-12) Soon chasing leaders, pushed along and no impression when left in modest 4th 3 out, 4th of 11, 10 3/4l behind Out The Glen (11-9) at Leicester 2m 7f hcp (5) gs in Jan.
For Fitz Sake (IRE) 150-1 (11-8) Towards rear, ridden and well beaten from 3 out, 9th of 12, dist behind Brianna Rose (11-1) at Southwell 2m mdn (4) gs in Dec.