held up and behind, steady progress after 3rd, wandered 3 out, pushed along and weakened 2 out
held up, improved after 6th, blundered 3 out, soon weakened, poor 4th when jumped left 2 out
made all, shaken up before last, pushed out
held up, behind when reminder after 5th, lost touch from 6th, went poor 4th after 2 out
always chasing winner, ridden approaching last, no impression
held up in touch, lost place after 5th, lost touch from 6th, tailed off
always behind, not fluent 2nd, lost touch from 6th, tailed off
O'Hanrahan Bridge tried to run this finish out of his rivals here last month but had no answer to Barrowlands in the closing stages. The winner didn’t frank the form next time and Donald McCain's former pointer will likely struggle to contain INDUNO. David Pipe’s bumper winner rallied to beat Stonific over 2m1f here on his hurdling debut and the extra distance today is likely to bring about further improvement. Evander has a couple of seconds to his name and is another who will be suited by this step up in distance but Forewarning, a stayer on the Flat, hasn’t taken to jumping.
Induno (IRE) 11-8 (10-12) Held up, went 2nd before 3rd, led approaching 2 out, edged left last, soon headed, led again flat, edged left, stayed on, won at Sedgefield 2m 1f (4) sft in Nov beating Stonific (10-12) by 2 1/2l, 7 ran.
Cyrus Keep (IRE) 12-1 (10-12) Pressed winner until pushed along 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 8, 23 3/4l behind College Oak (10-12) at Sedgefield 2m 1f (5) sft in Oct.
Evander (IRE) 7-2 (11-8) Took keen hold, led, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, held after, kept on, 2nd of 10, 4 1/2l behind Logan Rocks (11-8) at Huntingdon 2m mdn (4) gs in Nov.
Forewarning 8-1 (10-12) Not fluent early, held up towards rear, pushed along after 3 out, soon weakened, tailed off, 8th of 10, dist behind Winningseverything (11-4) at Market Rasen 2m 5f (4) sft in Dec.
O'Hanrahan Bridge (IRE) 11-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, went 2nd before 2 out, held last, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 6, 5l behind Barrowlands (11-0) at Sedgefield 2m 4f mdn (4) sft in Nov.
Pat Carrot (IRE) 200-1 (10-12) Held up towards rear, beaten 3 out, 9th of 11, dist behind Seaborough (10-12) at Sedgefield 2m 1f mdn (4) sft in Dec.
Black Opium 66-1 (10-12) Chased leaders, reminder and lost place 6f out, soon behind, tailed off, last of 7, dist behind Kitty Hall (10-12) at Carlisle 2m 1f (5) sft in Dec.