held up in touch, tracked leaders 10th, ridden 2 out, stayed on to take 2nd flat, no chance with winner
led, headed 4 out, ridden and no impression after 2 out, lost 2nd flat
held up in touch on outside, reminders after 12th, weakened 4 out, lost moderate 4th 2 out, tailed off
tracked leaders on outside, not fluent 8th, lost place 10th, behind when mistake 12th, soon struggling, plugged on to take moderate 4th 2 out, tailed off
tracked leaders, reminder 14th, weakening when blundered 4 out, pulled up before next
tracked leader, led 4 out, drew clear after 2 out, stayed on well, comfortably
Allthekingshorses stays extreme distances and showed real battling qualities when landing a novice chase over this trip at Wincanton in May. He's likely to go well if ready after a break but there are no fitness concerns about WIESENTRAUM. Lucy Wadham's charge has generally run well at this sort of level and made a promising comeback over a trip too short at Southwell so looks the one to be on. Velator is capable of winning this at his best as he's only 1lb higher than when scoring at Wincanton last year and none of the remainder can be dismissed in a tight little handicap.
Wiesentraum (GER) 7-2 (10-11) Tracked leaders, went 2nd before jumped slowly 10th, led after 4 out until 3 out, chased leader, ridden before 2 out where every chance, driven in 3rd between last 2, one pace before last, lost 3rd close home, 4th of 7, 4 1/2l behind Dursey Sound (10-11) at Southwell 2m 4f hcp chs (2) gd in Aug.
Barlow (IRE) 9-2 (11-5) With leader, led before 5th, headed approaching 2 out, weakened last, 3rd of 10, 14l behind Heronry (10-12) at Worcester 2m 7f nov chs (4) gf in Jun.
Overclear 22-1 (11-9) Tracked leader, ridden over 3 out, soon weakened, 6th of 10, 28l behind Barton Stacey (11-9) at Fontwell 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-120 (4) gf in Aug.
Allthekingshorses (IRE) 6-4 (10-9) Disputed lead, ridden before 3 out, narrow lead and not fluent last, soon headed, kept on gamely to regain lead near finish, won at Wincanton 3m 1f nov chs (4) gs in May beating Cowards Close (11-5) by shd, 4 ran.
Johnny's Way 15-2 (10-13) Tracked leaders, mistake 4th, lost place and reminders 11th, soon behind, weakened 3 out, last of 7, 45l behind Barton Stacey (11-9) at Worcester 2m 7f hcp chs 0-140 (3) gd in Aug.
Velator 4-1 (10-5) Tracked leaders in 3rd, blundered 3 out, kept on to take 3rd run-in, no impression, 3rd of 5, 7l behind Makethe Mostofnow (10-6) at Market Rasen 3m 1f hcp chs 0-140 (3) gd in Aug.
