tracked leaders, not fluent 9th, led when hit 11th, clear 2 out, eased flat
handy, mistake 13th, ridden before 3 out, one pace and no impression on winner next
prominent, led 10th until 11th, ridden after 5 out, no impression on winner from 2 out, stayed on same pace
led, headed and reminder 10th, ridden in 4th from 12th, no impression when hit 2 out, mistake last
in touch until mistake 3rd, jumped slowly 5th and 6th, landed steeply 7th, reminder before 9th, behind 11th, tailed off 13th, soon pulled up
AUBUSSON was only beaten a neck by Thousand Stars in a Grade 1 hurdle at Auteuil last month and has a third in the Long Walk Hurdle on his CV. If his jumping is up to scratch, he may have too much class for Milansbar though Neil King's stayer would probably have won at Wetherby just under two weeks ago if he'd jumped the last cleanly. Beg To Differ will have learned plenty from his run at Wetherby but Rolling Maul hasn't taken to fences so far. Dig Deeper clearly found 2m too short on his debut under Rules but faces a couple of potentially smart novices here.
Aubusson (FR) 20-1 (10-10) 2nd of 10, shd behind Thousand Stars (10-10) at Auteuil 3m sft in Nov.
Beg To Differ (IRE) 11-4 (11-4) Chased leaders, pecked 1st, one pace 4 out, weakened next, 3rd of 6, 34l behind Southfield Royale (11-4) at Wetherby 3m (4) sft in Oct.
Dig Deeper 8-1 (11-1) Tracked leader, lost place 7th, mistake 5 out, soon outpaced, rallied approaching last, stayed on to go 2nd closing stages, no chance with easy winner, 2nd of 5, 15l behind Boru's Brook (11-1) at Wetherby 1m 7f (4) sft in Nov.
Milansbar (IRE) 6-5fav (11-2) Tracked leader, led 3rd, ridden before 2 out, pressed when mistake last, no extra after, 3rd of 4, 1 3/4l behind Run Ructions Run (10-9) at Wetherby 3m (4) hvy in Nov.
Rolling Maul (IRE) 20-1 (11-0) In rear and attempted to refuse 1st, jumped very slow 2nd, always towards rear and detached after, 4th of 7, dist behind Onenightinvienna (11-0) at Exeter 3m (3) hvy in Nov.
