jumped slowly, led to first, remained with leaders, ridden 7th, weakened 9th, tailed off
led 1st, headed 4th, remained prominent, led approaching 2 out, soon ridden, came clear flat, stayed on well
in touch, raced keenly, slightly hampered 4th, led approaching 11th, headed before 2 out, weakened flat
held up, hampered 1st, hampered 11th, headway approaching 3 out, chased winner before last, no impression when hard ridden and hung left flat
jumped left, held up in last, reminders after 6th and 7th, headway 9th, weakened approaching 3 out
prominent, led 4th until approaching 11th, weakened 3 out
held up, not fluent 8th, soon pushed along, headway next, weakened approaching last
soon prominent, hit 11th, soon ridden, weakening when jumped slowly 2 out
Nonrunner
This Novice Handicap Chase looks a little trappy with EASBY MANDARIN looking marginally the best ahead of Aldiruos and Knighton Combe. The selection hasm a competitive mark having performed well off a rating two pounds lighter on his last two starts. The form from those is on the weak side but he receives plenty of weight from his main rivals and should take advantage. Aldiruos is other who looks good off his current mark but only if he can transfer his hurdles form to the bigger obstacles. He comes into this running off the same rating that he last carried to victory over timber and this trip should assure a good jumping performance. Based of his hunter chase form Knighton Combe isn't weighted out of things but he has more to do now in this company while Honour's Dream concedes weight all around and was well beaten last time out. None of these really jump off the page as an obvious choice with Easby Mandarin just landing our vote.
Honour's Dream (FR) 5-1 (10-12) Chased leaders, outpaced 8th, stayed on to take 2nd flat, no chance with winner, 2nd of 9, 32l behind Silmi (10-12) at Cartmel 2m 1f nov stks (4) gs in May.
Knighton Combe 5-1 (11-7) Chased leaders, led and hit 3 out, clear approaching 2 out, stayed on strongly, won at Folkestone 3m 7f hts chs (5) gf in May beating Teeton Bollinger (11-10) by 12l, 14 ran.
Glad Big (GER) 12-1 (11-3) Held up, headway after 6th, ridden 3 out, weakened before next, 6th of 11, 31l behind Armenian Boy (11-12) at Newton Abbot 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gf in Apr.
Buailteoir (IRE) 8-1 (9-13) Tracked leader, led 12th, headed approaching 4 out, soon weakened, pulled up 2 out and dismounted, in a race won by Cresswell Willow (11-0) at Ludlow 3m hcp chs 0-125 (3) gs in Dec, 10 ran.
Bernard 5-1 (11-0) Jumped very slowly 2nd and unseated rider, in a race won by Mister Apple's (11-12) at Uttoxeter 3m 2f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gf, 9 ran.
Wun Chai (IRE) 7-1 (12-2) Chased leader, led briefly approaching 6th, led 7th to after 8th, ridden and weakened 2 out, 8th of 14, 36l behind Alfred's Tower (11-5) at Wincanton 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-110 (4) gf in Apr.
Easby Mandarin 11-4 (10-10) Held up, joined leaders 5 out, every chance last, no extra towards finish, 2nd of 6, 1/2l behind Ngong Hills (11-9) at Wetherby 2m 6f hcp chs 0-105 (4) gf in May.
Omme Antique (FR) 16-1 (10-8) Mid-division, headway 8th, mistake 10th, chased winner approaching 3 out, no impression, lost 2nd after 3 out, weakened approaching last, 4th of 14, 22l behind Mr Fluffy (10-3) at Uttoxeter 3m hcp ch 0-110 (4) gd in May.
Aldiruos (IRE) 14-1 (11-3) Held up towards rear, stayed on approaching last, never reached leaders, 5th of 11, 11l behind Picot de Say (11-2) at Aintree 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-125 (3) gd in May.
