held up in 3rd, closer on outside 11th, smooth headway into 2nd 3 out, led next, clear before last, easily
led, joined when hit 12th, ridden and headed 2 out, soon one pace, no chance with winner
chased leader, not fluent 4th, hit 9th, pecked 4 out, mistake lost 2nd and weakened next
Brave Spartacus will probably try and run the finish out of his two rivals but has run 15 times over this trip and never won. JET MASTER is now 5lb lower than when taking this in 2016. He showed a glimpse of his old form at Carlisle last month and makes more appeal than Southwell specialist Ulis De Vassy, who ran a shocker on his reappearance at Fakenham.
Jet Master (IRE) 50-1 (11-12) In rear, blundered 3rd, good headway on wide outside chasing leaders 3 out, ridden between last 2, went 3rd towards finish, no chance with 1st 2, 3rd of 9, 16 1/4l behind Swinton Diamond (10-0) at Carlisle 2m 4f hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Brave Spartacus (IRE) 14-1 (11-4) Led, ridden 3 out, headed next, weakened flat, 4th of 6, 8 1/2l behind Nightfly (11-12) at Wetherby 2m 3f hcp (3) gd in Nov.
Ulis De Vassy (FR) 16-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, rider lost iron briefly 1st, not fluent and lost place 3rd, not fluent 6th, mistake next, behind when mistake 8th, tailed off when mistake 4 out, 4th of 5, dist behind Beau Sancy (11-1) at Fakenham 2m 5f hcp (4) gd in Oct.
