in rear, driven and looked struggling 10th, headway from 3 out, challenged next, jumped well to lead last, drew clear flat
tracked leader, led 9th, blundered 4 out, strongly pressed from 2 out, not fluent when headed last, no chance with winner flat
led until headed 9th, lost 2nd approaching 4 out, rallied briefly to press for 2nd 3 out, weakened before next
not fluent, chased leader, hit 4th, blundered and lost place 6th, never going well and beaten after, tailed off 10th
chased leaders, not fluent 3rd, went 2nd approaching 4 out, still pressing leaders 2 out, driven last, no extra flat
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Daryl Jacob gets on very well with front-runner Running Hot but assuming that Clearly In Motion lines up (engaged on Sunday) he may have a tough task and so the latter gets the nod. Charlie Mann's more fancied runners have been running consistently well of late and with the capable Kevin Tobin able to claims a bumper 10lbs, he could be hard to beat. The ground and trip are ideal and the manner of his victory eight days ago suggests that a 7lb penalty will not be enough to prevent him scoring again. Running Hot denied the tricky-looking The Hardy Boy last time (reluctant to go past) and certainly has claims off just a 3lb higher mark. Laharna's third last time out reads pretty well in the context of this race and has place claims, as does PonchaTrain who is consistent enough. For the winner though we will side with Charlie Mann's Clearly In Motion.
Clearly In Motion (IRE) 9-2 (11-12) Held up, headway 8th, led on bit approaching 3 out, soon clear, comfortably, won at Fontwell 2m 2f hcp chs 0-90 (5) gd beating Just Muckin Around (11-1) by 10l, 10 ran.
Pan The Man (IRE) 8-1 (11-5) Chased leaders, ridden after 4 out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 10, 8l behind Spike Jones (11-8) at Taunton 2m 3f hcp chs 0-100 (4) sft.
Running Hot 11-4 (10-6) Made virtually all, joined and hit last, driven out, held on gamely, won at Plumpton 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-105 (4) sft beating The Hardy Boy (11-8) by a shd, 4 ran.
Dundridge Native 9-2 (10-5) Soon tracking leader until after 7th, regained second 4 out until weakened 2 out, 3rd of 5, 11l behind Peephole (10-7) at Fontwell 2m 6f nov hdl (4) hvy.
Abraham Smith 14-1 (11-7) In touch, ridden 4 out, kept on one pace, 4th of 12, 14l behind Cetti's Warbler (11-12) at Uttoxeter 2m 5f hcp chs 0-109 (4) sft.
Laharna 9-2 (11-9) Made most, hard pressed from 2 out, headed soon after last, no extra, 3rd of 11, 3l behind Lescer's Lad (11-0) at Folkestone 2m 5f hcp chs 0-95 (5) gs in Jan.
PonchaTrain (IRE) 11-4 (11-0) Led, mistake and headed 6th, ridden 4 out, soon weakened, 4th of 6, 14l behind Wenger (11-11) at Taunton 2m nov hcp chs 0-100 (4) sft.
Buckland Gold (IRE) 14-1 (11-3) In touch, weakened 3 out, 5th of 9, 28l behind Helen Wood (10-2) at Fontwell 2m 2f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) sft in Feb.
