close up, pushed along and weakened quickly 5f out, tailed off
mid-division, pushed along and chased leaders 3f out, ridden and pressed winner over 1f out, kept on, always held
mid-division, pushed along and outpaced over 3f out, ridden and stayed on steadily 2f out, not reach leaders
towards rear, ridden 6f out, never involved
tracked leaders, pushed along and dropped to rear 6f out, soon struggling and tailed off
disputed lead, pushed along and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
prominent, disputed lead 4f out, led briefly over 2f out, soon headed, ridden and weakened over 1f out
mid-division, pushed along 3f out, headway on not much room behind leaders on rail over 2f out, shuffled back and soon ridden, kept on same pace
chased leaders, pushed along in 3rd over 3f out, led 2f out, ridden faced challenge over 1f out, ran on well, always doing enough
disputed lead, pushed along and headed 4f out, ridden and weakened well over 2f out
Cawthorne Banker disappointed last time having gone close at Worcester on his debut and Doc Mccoy is preferred on a placed effort at Bangor in October. Norman Fletcher finished runner-up at Ffos Las more recently and can also figure while Tregele and SMILING GETAWAY are newcomers to note. The latter makes a belated debut under Rules having won an Irish point-to-point back in 2021 and was purchased for a whopping £235,000 at the sales subsequently.
Artistic Fighter (IRE) 18-1 (11-2) Never better than midfield, 10th of 15, dist behind Bowenspark (11-9) at Warwick 2m (5) sft in Dec.
Cawthorne Banker (IRE) 3-1jfav (11-2) Chased leader, ridden upsides 3f out, soon headed, lost 2nd final furlong, no extra, 3rd of 15, 10 1/4l behind Dysart Enos (10-9) at Ludlow 2m (4) gs in Nov.
Doc McCoy (IRE) 7-4 (11-1) Mid-division, headway 4f out, pushed along and chased leader 2f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on one pace, 3rd of 11, 4 1/4l behind Lump Sum (11-1) at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 1f mdn (4) gs in Oct.
Newton (FR) No Risk At All gelding out of Price Du Charmil.
Nitwit (IRE) Shirocco gelding out of Lady Elite.
Redbridge Rambler (IRE) 6-1 (11-11) Chsd ldrs, went 3rd aftr 3out, nt qckn with front pair bef 2out, kow str, 3rd of 10, 9l behind Simple Getaway (11-11) at Lingstown 3m mdn sft in Nov.
Tregele (IRE) Mahler gelding out of Emily Gray.
Smiling Getaway 6-4 (11-11) Made all, 1l adv 1/2way, jnd aftr 3out, rdn aftr 2out & wo, 3l adv appr str, kow run in, won gng away, won at Loughanmore 3m mdn gd in Oct beating Redbridge Rosie (11-6) by 10l, 8 ran.
Norman Fletcher 9-4fav (10-9) Chased leaders, lost place 11f out, headway over 3f out, chased winner inside final furlong, no impression, stayed on, 2nd of 11, 4 1/2l behind Sole Solution (12-1) at Ffos Las 2m (5) hvy in Jan.
War Bonnet 50-1 (11-0) Raced keenly in rear, some headway when pushed turning for home, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace, 6th of 12, 11 1/4l behind Dancing In Brazil (11-0) at Huntingdon 1m 6f mdn (5) gd in Nov.
Geordie Night 40-1 (10-9) Set steady pace narrowly, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 10, 18 1/4l behind Taras Halls (11-8) at Huntingdon 2m (5) gs in Jan.
