held up in touch, stumbled 3rd (water), chased leaders until bad mistake 4 out, not recover, ran on
close up until blundered 8th, chased along until weakening from after 4 out
in touch and chasing leaders, led from 4 out, not fluent 2 out, stayed on strongly towards finish, impressive
raced in 2nd until led 8th, every chance from 3 out, weakened afterwards
behind, chased along from 8th, stayed on from 3 out, no chance with leading pair
led until lost place 8th, gradually weakened from 3 out, finished tired, tailed off
Flagship Uberalles (IRE) Arkle winner two years ago, third in last year's Champion Chase when with Paul Nicholls. Impressive on first outing for Noel Chance in the Tingle Creek (run at Cheltenham), and a reproduction of that effort should be good enough here.
Celibate (IRE) Faces a tough task at these weights, and was well beaten in the Victor Chandler Chase behind Function Dream but reopposes on worse terms here.
Function Dream (IRE) Ex-Irish mare who has been a revelation since joining Mary Reveley this season, winning five out of six including the Castleford Chase at Wetherby and the Victor Chandler at Ascot (holds Celibate on both runs). Seems to be improving all the time, but she has something to find with Flagship on official ratings.
Kurakka (IRE) Stable companion of Flagship, but holds little hope on all known form.
Super Coin A good horse in his day, but now 13 years old and it would be a miracle if he could keep tabs with these superstars after being off the track for more than a year.
Augusta Brook (IRE) 95 lbs inferior to Flagship on official ratings. Enough said!
