led, ridden and headed 10th, soon outpaced, no impression from next
tracked leader to 7th, soon driven, led 4 out to before next, soon ridden, kept on, no impression
soon detached in rear, fell 7th
held up when pulled up before 5th
jumped slowly 1st, tracked leaders, went 2nd 7th, led 10th to 4 out, led again before next, shaken up 2 out, stayed on well
Pay Attention would have claims if able to reproduce the pick of his hurdles form over the larger obstacles but he has yet to do that and it is hard to get away from Kitski, who gets the vote with Salhood rated the pick of the remainder. The selection has shown a reasonable level of form since switched to the larger obstacles and a reproduction of his latest effort when a close third behind Ungaro at Ascot should suffice for Ferdy Murphy's gelding. Neither Worlaby Dale nor Lords Bridge make any sort of appeal in this grade and of more interest is Salhood. The Steve Gollings-trained gelding is capable but he needs to improve to get the better of Kitski who gets the vote.
Kitski (FR) 8-1 (11-3) Held up, mistake 14th, hit 4 out, good headway next, effort 2 out, kept on, 3rd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Inaro (10-3) at Ascot 3m nov hcp chs (3) gd in Mar.
Salhood 7-2 (11-12) Led, headed after 2nd, hit 4th, weakened next, tailed off when pulled up 3 out in race won by Copper Bay (11-2) at Leicester 2m nov hcp chs 0-110 (4) gd in Dec, 8 ran.
Lords Bridge 50-1 (10-10) Held up, lost place 4f out, 10th of 12, well behind Brook No Argument (10-10) at Market Rasen 2m 1f nhf (6) gs in Mar.
Worlaby Dale 12-1 (10-9) In touch, tracked leaders 5th, lost place from 8th, tailed off, 5th of 7, well behind Assumetheposition (11-2) at Market Rasen 2m 6f nov hcp chs 0-100 (4) sft in Mar.
Pay Attention 9-4 (10-13) In touch, chased winner approaching 3 out, every chance last, ran on, 2nd of 4, 1/2l behind Lankawi (11-5) at Southwell 2m 4f nov chs (3) gf in Mar.
