chased clear leading pair, hit 7th, reminders after 9th, mistake and reminder again 10th, lost action and eventually pulled up approaching next
jumped right, soon detatched in rear, left remote 3rd 11th, reminders 14th, blundered next, tailed off
pressed leader, hit 1st, bumped next, led after 4 out, clear before 3 out, heavily eased run in
tended to jump right, led, went right and bumped winner 2nd, pushed along and headed after 4 out, no chance with winner before next, clear 2nd
JIM JOB JONES carries a penalty for breaking his duck over fences with an easy win at Worcester. He has little to beat in this and should make another bold bid. Marufo has been competing in hunter chases and is on a much lower mark than when last in a handicap but Xenophon has gone off the boil since a sequence of placed efforts earlier in the year. Inandover has been out of sorts for some time and is hard to fancy.
Marufo (IRE) 4-1 (10-13) Tracked leaders, not fluent 7th, challenged 5 out, ridden before 2 out, lost 2nd before last, soon weakened, 3rd of 5, 33l behind High Ron (11-12) at Uttoxeter 3m 2f hcp chs 0-120 (4) gd in Jun.
Xenophon 7-1 (9-9) Always behind, struggling from 5th, tailed off, 6th of 9, well behind Balinroab (11-5) at Market Rasen 3m 1f hcp chs 0-105 (4) gd in Aug.
Jim Job Jones 20-1 (9-11) Led narrowly to 3rd, tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced in 3rd 4 out, challenged next, 2 lengths down in 2nd last, rallied to lead again flat, going away towards finish, won at Worcester 2m 4f hcp 0-100 (5) gd in Sep beating Unwanted Gift (10-8) by 10l, 10 ran.
Inandover 13-2 (10-0) Led, mistake and headed 8 out, went 3rd before 2 out, one pace, 3rd of 4, 28l behind Hinton Indiana (11-4) at Sedgefield 3m 3f hcp 0-100 (5) gd in Sep.
