held up in touch, fell 4th
held up and behind, lost touch 5th, left poor 3rd 2 out
led until 4th, chased winner until weakening and mistake 4 out, left poor 2nd 2 out
held up in touch, reminders 6th, chased winner approaching 4 out, 2nd and beaten, fell 2 out
tracked leaders, led 4th, drew clear from 3 out, easily
with leaders until ridden and weakened 8th, tailed off when pulled up before last
Nonrunner
Jazz Night lines up in form and can pay to follow again ahead of Specular, Knight's Emperor and Joey Tribbiani. Shaun Lycett has made a cracking start to his training career, and although he saddled his first loser on Wednesday, the team continue in fine form, so hopes are high that former hunter Jazz Night can do the business again after scoring at Worcester and Huntingdon at the end of last month. This race was nominated by connections afterwards, and although Tony McCoy now switches to Specular, Timmy Murphy is an able deputy. Specular has failed to impress since being sent chasing, but now lines up on a more favourable mark than last season. He was useful in Australia and took on the best over hurdles here last spring, but may be destined never to hit the heights and is worth taking on. Knight's Emperor gained a hard-fought win at Newton Abbot but has lot more on his plate here, and Joey Tribbiani may be a bigger danger after his comeback win here last time. A fairly open affair can go to Jazz Night.
Specular (AUS) 7-4fav (11-2) Held up, headway 6th, ridden after 3 out, weakened approaching last, 3rd of 10, 13l behind Hakim (10-0) at Bangor 2m 1f hcp chs 0-125 (D) gd in Aug.
Young Owen 50-1 (10-4) Taken to post early, mid-division, lost place 7th, stayed on from 3 out, no impression on leaders, 4th of 10, 25l behind East Tycoon (11-12) at Stratford 2m 1f hcp chs 0-125 (D) gf in Aug.
James Victor (IRE) 11-2 (11-5) Chased leader, ridden 4 out, stayed on same pace, 4th of 9, 12l behind Knight's Emperor (10-12) at N Abbot 2m hcp chs 0-110 (E) gf in Aug.
Knight's Emperor (IRE) 10-1 (10-12) Held up in mid-division, headway after 3 out, challenged approaching last, hard ridden to lead close home, won at N Abbot 2m hcp chs 0-110 (E) gf in Aug beating Deep King (11-9) by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.
Glengarra (IRE) 12-1 (10-0) Led 4th, hit 9th, headed and hit 11th, blundered 2 out, rallied to chase winner last, hung left and no impression flat, 2nd of 6, 2l behind Gazump (11-8) at Newbury 2m 2f nov hcp chs 0-125 (C) gs in Mar.
Young Chevalier 25-1 (11-1) Led, hit 4 out, soon ridden, hung right from last, headed close home, 2nd of 9, nk behind Kniaz (11-12) at Perth 2m hcp chs (F) gf in Aug.
Joey Tribbiani (IRE) 7-1 (10-10) Held up, mistake 3 out, headway approaching 2 out, ridden to lead flat, ran on, won at Stratford 2m 1f hcp chs 0-120 (D) gd beating Toi Express (11-5) by 3l, 9 ran.
Jazz Night 10-3fav (12-1) Mid-division, headway after 7th, soon chasing leader, led 2 out, ridden out, won at Huntingdon 2m hcp chs 0-100 (F) gf in Aug beating Karakum (11-2) by 2l, 10 ran.
