jumped left and slowly at times, chased leaders, ridden after 10th, lost touch from next
made all, not fluent 11th or 2 out, stayed on well
pressed winner, hit 4 out, ridden and lost 2nd next, one pace last
took keen hold, held up in rear, not fluent 3rd, headway 4 out, weakening when went left and jumped slowly 3 out, pulled up before next
tracked leaders, hit 7th, mistake next, hit 4 out, chased winner next, mistake 2 out, stayed on, no impression flat
DOUBLE DASH is the only one of these to have run well last time, finishing second over 3m at Bangor. Trevor Whelan, who partnered him to success at Lingfield earlier, is back on board today and the partnership looks the one to beat. Plein Pouvoir usually pops up when least expected and could take some pegging back if allowed an easy lead but Song Sung Blue and Midnight Tuesday lack a recent run and Frontier Spirit has turned in a couple of shockers since winning at Ffos Las on Boxing Day.
Song Sung Blue (IRE) 16-1 (11-12) Mid-division, lost place when mistake 7th, behind 9th, tailed off when mistake and unseated rider 3 out, in a race won by Ackertac (11-11) at Ascot 2m 3f hcp chs 0-135 (3) sft in Nov, 10 ran.
Frontier Spirit (IRE) 16-1 (11-12) Towards rear, awkward on landing 2nd, headway approaching 8th, reminders before 10th, soon struggling, tailed off, 6th of 11, well behind Rouge Et Blanc (10-0) at Exeter 2m 3f hcp chs 0-135 (3) hvy in Feb.
Plein Pouvoir (FR) 8-1 (11-12) Raced wide, chased leaders, blundered 11th and lost place, trying to rally when not fluent next, behind from 13th, eased before 3 out, tailed off, 7th of 10, well behind Goring One (10-9) at Sandown 3m hcp chs 0-125 (3) gd in Feb.
Midnight Tuesday (FR) 12-1 (10-10) Held up in rear, not fluent 4th, effort 7th, weakened after next, tailed off, 9th of 10, well behind Simonside (10-0) at Aintree 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-145 (2) sft in Oct.
Double Dash 7-2 (11-7) Held up behind in otuch, headway to join leaders 13th, led 4 out, headed after 2 out, soon ridden, kept on same pace, held flat, 2nd of 6, 2 3/4l behind Storm Survivor (11-12) at Bangor 3m hcp chs 0-120 (4) sft in Feb.
