tracked leaders, not fluent 3rd, lost place 4 out, blundered badly and weakened next, tailed off
held up in rear, not fluent 11th, headway after 13th, ridden approaching 2 out, 3rd and one pace last
held up, not fluent 1st, headway 3 out, ridden after next, 4th and no extra last
held up in 5th, not fluent 8th or 11th, last 12th, weakened 3 out, tailed off
held up in 4th, ridden after 3 out, no extra approaching last
took keen hold, tracked leader, not fluent 4 out, stayed on well from last, bumped and led towards finish
led, ridden approaching last, bumped and headed towards finish
ALLERFORD JACK was badly hampered by a faller when unseating Michael Nolan at Worcester 10 days ago. He deserves a chance to make amends for that mishap but will have to be at his best to give weight to some equally in-form rivals including Ballybough Gorta, who has won three out of four over fences albeit at a slightly lower level. Papradon seems a bit more reliable this year and is chasing a hat-trick after wins here and at Worcester while Sagredo is upped in trip after his close-up second over 2m4f at Market Rasen and has the champ on board. That's The Deal is still too high in the weights but it will be interesting to see how the lightly-raced Bowntobebad fares on his chasing bow.
Putney Bridge 6-1 (11-8) Chased leader until 4th, chased leading pair until approaching 7th, soon driven, weakened next, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out, in a race won by Westlin' Winds (11-4) at Southwell 2m 4f clm hdl (5) gs in Mar, 5 ran.
Allerford Jack 5-2fav (11-7) Held up in last pair, mistake 9th, badly hampered and unseated rider next, in a race won by Calusa Caldera (11-6) at Worcester 2m 7f hcp chs 0-125 (3) gd in Aug, 6 ran.
Sagredo (USA) 5-2 (11-3) Took keen hold, soon tracked leaders, led 10th, ridden 3 out, no extra and headed towards finish, 2nd of 4, 3/4l behind Pilgrims Lane (11-12) at Market Rasen 2m 4f hcp chs 0-135 (3) gd in Aug.
Bowntobebad (IRE) 50-1 (11-9) Mid-division on outside, lost place 7th, soon behind, pulled up 3 out, in a race won by Batonnier (11-5) at Cheltenham 2m 4f nov hdl G2 (1) gs in Jan, 11 ran.
That's The Deal (IRE) 13-8fav (11-6) Led, not fluent 2nd, headed 2 out, no extra before last, last of 3, 21l behind Olympian (11-1) at Stratford 2m 1f hcp chs 0-125 (3) gs in Aug.
Ballybough Gorta (IRE) 11-4 (11-12) Held up in touch, took closer order halfway, every chance when not fluent 3 out, led last, stayed on strongly (9 fences ommited), won at Market Rasen 3m 1f hcp chs 0-105 (4) gf in Aug beating Quayside Court (9-12) by 10l, 7 ran.
Papradon 3-1fav (10-11) Prominent, led 8th, headed next, led again 11th, not fluent 3 out, stuck on gamely flat, won at Worcester 2m 7f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Aug beating Iheardu (10-9) by 3/4l, 7 ran.
