tracked leaders, jumped right 1st, jumped slowly 4th, outpaced next, soon weakened
tracked winner until 5th and again from after next, ridden and wandered approaching last, no impression flat
held up, not fluent 2nd, headway 4th, went 2nd next until after 6th, mistake 2 out, weakened approaching last
made all, jumped slowly and reminders 3rd, not fluent 2 out, soon driven, stayed on well
held up, ridden after 5th, weakened after next
Barton Cliche doesn't appear to find much when push comes to shove while the handicapper may have got to the versatile Whatshallwedo and Cabbyl Doo is still 4lb higher than when scoring at Hexham more than a year ago, despite a string of indifferent efforts since. Olympian has win five times over hurdles but has only managed two places in nine attempts over fences so the one to beat is probably STORMHOEK. He's starting to come down the weights again and is now only a couple of pounds higher than when successful at Ludlow in January. The drop back to 2m might also help.
Cabbyl Doo 9-2 (10-12) Held up, not fluent 3rd, last after 5th, behind 6th, mistake 2 out, pulled up before last, in a race won by Samstown (11-5) at Hexham 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) hvy in Jun, 8 ran.
Olympian (FR) 16-1 (11-7) Tracked leaders, ridden 3 out, stayed on same pace from next, 4th of 11, 8l behind Ray Diamond (11-6) at Fontwell 2m 2f nov hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Jun.
Whatshallwedo 7-2 (11-12) Held up, in touch 5th, weakened before 3 out, eased, last of 7, 44l behind Smalib Monterg (11-11) at Ffos Las 2m hcp hdl 0-105 (4) hvy in Jun.
Stormhoek (IRE) 5-2fav (11-1) Led, edged right and headed 3 out, not fluent last, no extra flat, 4th of 7, 7l behind Jacks Grey (10-13) at Southwell 2m 4f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in May.
Barton Cliche 7-2 (11-10) Tracked leader, every chance 3 out, 3rd and no impression next, hit last, 3rd of 5, 11l behind Petito (11-10) at Newton Abbot 2m 5f hcp chs 0-105 (4) sft in Jun.
