in touch, ridden 12th, stumbled on landing and unseated rider 4 out
tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced 3 out
close up, tracked leaders 10th, led 2 out, ridden out
held up in rear, headway approaching 2 out, edged left and chased winner approaching last, ridden and stayed on towards finish
tracked leader, not fluent 11th, joined leader 4 out, ridden 2 out, kept on one pace
led, joined 4 out, ridden and headed 2 out, no extra towards next
Veteran Touch Kick has placed in both previous starts here but hasn’t run since May. DUO D’ENFER has run a couple of nice races since arriving from France and the Wetherby third faces lesser opposition today. Tom Creen is in fine form and a specialist here but looks a few pounds too high now while Heritier has changed stables since a second over the smaller obstacles at Bangor.
High Up In The Air (FR) 16-1 (11-12) Soon off the pace towards rear, tailed off and pulled up after 3 out, at Plumpton 3m 2f hcp (4) gs in Jan.
Touch Kick (IRE) 13-2 (12-1) Chased leaders, lost place before 9th, well beaten 4 out, 6th of 10, dist behind Do No Wrong (10-8) at Cartmel 2m 5f hcp (4) gd in May.
Duo D'Enfer (FR) 10-1 (11-2) Chased leaders, pushed along 3 out, stayed on, not pace to challenge, 3rd of 7, 4l behind No But I Will (11-9) at Wetherby 3m hcp (4) sft in Nov.
Heritier (FR) 6-1 (11-0) Held up in rear, headway out wide chasing leaders approaching 3 out, went 3rd briefly home turn, went 3rd again before 2 out, took 2nd final strides, no chance with winner, 2nd of 7, 18l behind Chti Balko (12-1) at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 1f hcp (4) sft in Dec.
Tom Creen (IRE) 6-4fav (11-2) Chased leader, challenged 11th, led next, headed 3 out, soon ridden and hung left, well held by winner flat, 2nd of 4, 8l behind Sageburg County (11-11) at Southwell 2m 4f hcp (4) hvy in Nov.
Rafferty (IRE) 28-1 (11-4) Handy, pushed along before 2 out, gradually weakened, 6th of 9, 12 3/4l behind Apologise (11-2) at Huntingdon 2m 5f hcp (5) gd in Nov.
