held up, not fluent 1st, headway 7th, lost place next, ridden after next, well beaten before 3 out, tailed off
led, not always fluent, mistake 5th, headed 12th, lost place 4 out, stayed on flat
tracked leaders, lost place 8th, stayed on same pace from 3 out
took keen hold, soon tracking leaders on outside, 2nd when not fluent 4 out, no impression on winner before next, not fluent last
held up in rear, mistake 1st, headway after 4 out, went 3rd last, stayed on
tracked leaders, ridden after 4 out, not fluent and lost 3rd last, weakened flat
tracked leaders, bad mistake 1st, pulled up before next
not always fluent in rear, well beaten 4 out
tracked leader, led when mistake 12th, hit next, clear before 3 out, stayed on well
Royal Mile is just 4lb higher than when successful at Chepstow in October and his last two poor efforts have been over hurdles. He should get into the shake-up but COOL CASCADE may have his measure. Lawney Hill's mare, a winner over timber last July, was making her chasing debut when runner-up to Sustainability at Fontwell last month and that experience can enable her to take this. The Good Guy ran a shocker at Chepstow last time but the five-times hurdles winner is on a very low mark over fences and looks a threat. Gleannacreim has had little experience over fences but has shown potential and looks best of the remainder.
Flugzeug 14-1 (11-12) Towards rear, blundered 5 out, some headway and held in 5th when fell 2 out, in a race won by Doheny Bar (10-5) at Plumpton 2m 4f hcp chs 0-95 (5) gs in Mar, 7 ran.
The Good Guy (IRE) 16-1 (11-6) Led, mistake 4th, ridden when not fluent 6th, headed after next, weakened before 3 out, tailed off, 8th of 14, well behind Earcomesthedream (11-9) at Chepstow 3m hcp hdl 0-100 (5) gs.
Mut'ab (USA) 66-1 (11-0) Tracked leader, mistake 3rd, lost 2nd after 7th, lost place when badly hampered 9th, weakened 11th, well behind after 13th, soon pulled up, in a race won by Loughalder (10-10) at Chepstow 3m Conditional Handicap Chase (0-100) (5yo+) (5) sft in Mar, 10 ran.
Cool Cascade 20-1 (10-7) Held up in 4th, not fluent 2nd, hit 12th, went 3rd after 4 out, plugged on to take 2nd last, no chance with winner, 2nd of 4, 12l behind Sustainability (11-7) at Fontwell 2m 6f nov chs (4) hvy in Mar.
Royal Mile (IRE) 7-1 (10-7) Held up 5th and last in touch, tracked leaders 5th, driven and outpaced after 3 out, weakened next, last of 5, 22l behind Fuzzy Logic (10-2) at Exeter 2m 3f nov sell hdl (5) gd.
Lapin Garou (FR) 5-1fav (10-5) Chased leaders, pushed along before 5 out, weakened next, 9th of 14, well behind Oddjob (11-6) at Chepstow 3m hcp chs 0-100 (5) gd.
Ten More (IRE) 66-1 (10-7) Held up last, headway to go close 5th at 3rd, slow jump and lost place 5th, blundered next, tailed off when pulled up before 9th, in a race won by Buck's Bond (10-9) at Fontwell 3m 2f nov chs (4) sft, 6 ran.
Gleannacreim (IRE) 25-1 (10-0) Led until after 2nd, prominent, not fluent 3rd, hit 13th, no extra after 5 out, 7th of 13, 28l behind Loughalder (11-9) at Chepstow 3m hcp chs 0-95 (5) gs.
Solitary Palm (IRE) 33-1 (10-0) Led until 8th, mistake next, led again 10th, headed 5 out, weakened after next, pulled up before 2 out, in a race won by Oddjob (11-6) at Chepstow 3m hcp chs 0-100 (5) gd, 14 ran.
