held up in touch in rear, hampered 10th, soon went 3rd, not fluent 11th, chased winner before 2 out, ridden and edged left between last 2, not fluent last, no impression flat
pressed leader, hampered and fell 10th
tracked leaders, left 2nd 10th, led 13th, headed 3 out, no extra from next
led, not fluent 6th, hampered by falling horse just behind and headed 10th, soon last, lost touch from next
tracked leaders, closed when left in lead 10th, headed 13th, led again 3 out, not fluent 2 out, jumped left last, stayed on
The mare RATTLIN was pretty impressive when comfortably beating a couple of better-fancied rivals here 12 days ago and can complete a quick double under a penalty with Jonathan England's claim a plus. Top Totti clearly wasn't in the mood when second at Fakenham on her chasing bow and more will be needed here but Cogry looks the type to do well over fences and shouldn't be far away if fully wound-up. Cloudy Copper has a much longer absence to overcome and his stable remains out of sorts but he has already won a point-to-point so can't be ignored. Grand Vision was a decent staying hurdler last season and adds to an interesting contest.
Cloudy Copper (IRE) 5-2fav (11-8) Held up in rear but in touch, good headway approaching 4 out, led soon after 3 out, pushed 3 lengths clear 2 out, drew further clear soon after, stayed on strongly, eased close home, won at Kempton 3m nh nov hdl (3) sft in Jan '13 beating Hold On Julio (11-2) by 2 3/4l, 8 ran.
Cogry 80-1 (11-4) Mid-division, headway 7th, ridden and weakening when fell 3 out, in a race won by Beat That (11-4) at Aintree 3m nov hdl Grade 1 (1) gs in Apr, 18 ran.
Grand Vision (IRE) 4-1 (11-2) Tracked leader, led 4th, fell 4 out, in a race won by Virak (11-7) at Haydock 2m 6f nov chs (2) sft in Nov, 5 ran.
Rattlin 10-3 (10-9) Tracked leader, led after 3rd, clear before 3 out, readily, won at Uttoxeter 3m beg chs (4) hvy in Nov beating Molly's A Diva (11-2) by well, 3 ran.
Top Totti 9-2 (10-10) Not fluent in touch in rear, jumped left 6th, ridden and outpaced 4 out, headway to challenge for 2nd when jumped left last, kept on same pace, 2nd of 6, 18l behind Knock House (11-3) at Fakenham 2m 5f nov chs (3) gd in Oct.
