prominent until 5th, soon driven along in touch, weakened quickly after 7th
held up, headway to join leader after 5th, ridden after 3 out, soon beaten
held up, headway to track leaders after 5th, ridden to lead approaching last, driven out
made most, ridden and headed approaching last, no extra
Only four runners here, but there's not much between them on recent form so it could still be a decent betting heat, and the one who is guaranteed to like the conditions is Amadeus, who is fancied to score and Silvergino is taken to chase him home. Gypsy Cricketer faces a stiff task from nine pounds out of the handicap, but Get The Point is potentially well handicapped on his old form and ran his best race for some time when third at Market Rasen last time. Silvergino was bang in contention when falling five out in a valuable handicap at Stratford last time and had earlier run well when third at Wetherby. He has to be feared here under paddy Brennan, but preference goes to Amadeus. He has been running reasonably well lately, although he has been a beaten favourite and slightly disappointing on his last two starts, including most recently when fourth to College City at Uttoxeter. The significant factor here could be that Amadeus' last two wins over hurdles came on soft ground at Hexham and heavy ground at Chepstow, so on what appears to be a fair handicap mark he is taken to land this finale.
Silvergino (IRE) 10-1 (10-11) Led to 4th, with leader when fell at the 10th in race won by Blakeney Coast (10-6) at Stratford 2m 4f hcp chs 0-120 (D) gf in Jul, 14 ran.
Amadeus (AUS) 3-1fav (10-9) Chased leaders, ridden 4 out, weakened next, 4th of 8, 21l behind College City (10-3) at Uttoxeter 2m hcp chs 0-110 (E) gs in Jul.
Get The Point 12-1 (10-2) Held up in rear, ridden approaching 3 out, one pace from next, 3rd of 6, 6l behind Ceannairceach (11-0) at Market Rasen 2m 1f hcp chs 0-110 (E) gf in Jul.
Gipsy Cricketer 25-1 (10-0) Chased leaders, led 5th to approaching 3 out, weakened 2 out, 5th of 13, 12l behind College City (11-2) at Southwell 2m 1f hcp chs 0-100 (F) gd in Jul.