led, pushed along and headed before 2 out, ridden and no impression between last two
raced wide, hit 1st, tracked leader until 8th, lost place and struggling in rear next, headway approaching last, plugged on into modest 3rd run-in
chased leading pair, mistake 3rd and reminder, mistake and lost 3rd at 7th, went modest 3rd again after 2 out until run-in
tracked leading trio, went 3rd 7th, 2nd next, mistake 9th, led before 2 out, shaken up and clear between last two, kept on strongly
held up well in rear, good headway tracking leaders 8th, 4th when mistake 10th (normal 4 out), modest 3rd after bypassing next, no chance when blundered badly 2 out, not recover
Regal Flow could be a factor here if taking to the larger obstacles while Burgess Dream, another chasing debutant, has won a point-to-point. So has Parting Way but we'll concentrate on the two with experience and take GOLANOVA to improve for the fitting of a visor as this is a slight drop in grade for Gary Moore's charge. Tigre D'Aron won on heavy going over course and distance in November but was then pulled up on similar going at Lingfield and needs to bounce back.
Tigre D'aron (FR) 11-4fav (11-10) Tracked leaders on outside, lost place 4 out (usual 5 out), soon ridden and weakened, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out, in a race won by Toby Lerone (11-12) at Lingfield 2m 4f hcp chs 0-120 (4) hvy in Dec, 6 ran.
Parting Way (IRE) 4-1fav (11-9) Held up towards rear, steady headway approaching 7th, tracked leaders travelling well before 3 out, 2nd before 2 out until 2 out, ridden and stayed on same pace in 3rd before last, 3rd of 11, 7l behind Rendezvous Peak (11-7) at Huntingdon 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-110 (4) gs in Dec.
Golanova 4-1 (10-6) Held up in touch in 5th, jumped slowly 7th, pushed along and outpaced after 14th, rallied before 3 out, modest 3rd 2 out, no chance with leading duo, weakened into 4th run-in, 4th of 8, 25l behind Fairy Rath (11-4) at Sandown 2m 4f hcp chs 0-130 (3) sft.
Regal Flow 15-2 (10-12) Led 1st until 2nd, prominent, ridden and weakened before 2 out, 3rd of 6, 24l behind Floral Spinner (11-7) at Taunton 3m nov hcp 0-115 (4) sft in Nov.
Burgess Dream (IRE) 33-1 (10-12) Disputed lead, lost place before 3 out, soon weakened, tailed off, 5th of 8, well behind King Edmund (10-12) at Lingfield 2m 3f nh nov hdl (4) hvy in Dec.