led, ridden and headed 3 out, no extra towards finish
held up in last, closed 4 out, shaken up approaching next, no impression
tracked leaders, went 2nd after 4 out, led next, readily
tracked leaders, not fluent 4 out, went 2nd last, stayed on, no impression on winner
tracked leader until ridden and squeezed out after 4 out, stayed on flat, went 3rd towards finish
Karingreason got off the mark over fences over 2m4f here last month and will be fancied to follow up today off a 6lb higher mark. Keith Reveley's mare should take all the beating with point-to-pointer Itzacliche's form under Rules leaving plenty to be desired and both The Duke's Speech and ANOTHER TRUMP returning from a break. The latter rather lost his way when the ground turned soft at the end of last year but would be very interesting if reproducing the form of his defeat of Frosted Grape at Worcester in September. Jonjo O'Neill's seven-year-old certainly has more scope than top weight Chorizo, who needs a thorough test of stamina, so gets a tentative vote.
Chorizo (IRE) 3-1 (11-11) Led to 1st, tracked leader, weakened from 4 out, 4th of 5, 40l behind Schindler's Gold (11-12) at Market Rasen 2m 6f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gf in May.
The Duke's Speech (IRE) 10-1 (11-9) Soon well off the pace in 5th, mistake 3rd, never going pace to get involved, tailed off, 5th of 6, 33l behind I'm A Legend (11-12) at Wincanton 2m hcp chs 0-115 (4) gs in Nov.
Another Trump (NZ) 12-1 (11-6) Held up in rear, jumped slowly and behind from 4th, tailed off, 8th of 9, well behind Anquetta (11-7) at Leicester 2m nov hcp chs 0-115 (4) gs in Jan.
Karingreason 85-40fav (11-7) Held up in touch, tracked leaders in 3rd after 4th, led 3 out, pressed next, ridden and under pressure last, kept on well towards finish, held on well, won at Market Rasen 2m 4f 5yo nov hcp (4) gf in May beating Our Guardian Angel (11-10) by 3/4l, 5 ran.
Itzacliche (IRE) 4-1 (11-0) Lft in ld 4; hdd aft 14; ev ch til outpcd flat, 2nd of 6, 2l behind Badger Foot (11-0) at Aspatria 3m ptp gs in May.
