in touch, pushed along 4th, reminders 6th, soon lost place, weakening when mistake 8th, tailed off when pulled up before 10th
prominent, weakened after 10th, tailed off
with leader, took keen hold, led after 3rd, headed 8th, hit 9th, led 10th, headed and hit 2 out, weakened flat, lost 2nd towards finish
tendency to jump right, led until after 3rd, led 8th to 10th, hung left approaching 3 out, weakened before last, took 2nd towards finish
held up, always in rear, blundered 3 out, tailed off
held up towards rear, headway after 7th, hit 9th, ridden next, weakening when mistake 3 out
held up mid-division, headway 8th, weakened approaching 10th
tracked leaders, raced keenly, weakening when mistake 9th, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out
patiently ridden in rear, headway after 9th, reminder after next, led 2 out, clear last, stayed on well
It will be interesting to see how dual point-to-point winner Bentota performs on his rules debut but he will need to be decent to get the better of IWILLREMEMBERYOU, who gets the vote ahead of Camden George. Sue Smith's gelding showed fair form over hurdles without winning and made a pleasing debut over fences when a fair third behind Role On in heavy ground at Carlisle earlier this month. He has to be respected on ground conditions that will suit but does tend to find at least one too good and that may be the case again here. Ferdy Murphy's Galant Nuit looked beaten when falling at Kelso on his reappearance and chasing debut last time and may now be best watched with a bigger danger looking to be Cromwell Court. Don McCain's gelding made an encouraging return in a novice handicap chase at Kelso recently and he has to be strongly considered for his in-form yard. Preference though is for Charlie Longsdon's Iwillrememberyou, who was easily the pick of these over hurdles, should come on for his recent reappearance run on his chasing debut at Carlisle and he is taken to open his account over the larger obstacles today.
Bearneen Boy (IRE) 50-1 (10-9) Chased leaders, pushed along 7th, soon struggling, tailed off when pulled up 4 out in race won by Banoge (11-2) at Sedgefield 2m 4f mdn chs (4) gs, 12 ran.
Bentota (IRE) 10-11fav (12-0) Bhnd til hdwy 9; led 15; impressive, won at Dingley 3m ptp gd in May beating Ballywiliam Prince (12-0) by 3l, 14 ran.
Camden George (IRE) 12-1 (11-2) Held up, headway to lead 5 out, ridden and headed 2 out, one pace from last, 3rd of 11, 7l behind Role On (10-13) at Carlisle 2m beg chs (4) hvy.
Cromwell Court 8-1 (11-12) Tracked leader, led 4 out, ridden approaching last, headed, no extra flat, 2nd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Run To Space (10-13) at Kelso 2m 1f nov hcp chs 0-115 (4) sft.
Flowonlovelyriver (IRE) 10-1 (11-12) Chased leaders, weakened quickly after 3rd and pulled up at the 4th in race won by Wheels Up (11-4) at Clonmel 2m mdn hdl gs in Mar, 18 ran.
Iwillrememberyou (IRE) 9-4fav (11-2) Held up, headway 4 out, driven and one pace from 2 out, 3rd of 10, 18l behind Skippers Brig (11-2) at Carlisle 2m 5f nov chs (3) hvy.
Kate's Gift 33-1 (11-2) Held up, reminders 9th, chased leaders approaching 4 out, weakened next, 6th of 7, 41l behind Rightway Star (11-2) at Haydock 2m 4f beg chs (4) gd.
Stockton Flyer 100-1 (10-12) Prominent, jumped slowly 2nd and 3rd, weakened 5th and pulled up 3 out in race won by Tot Of The Knar (10-12) at N Abbot 2m 3f nh nov hdl (4) sft in Jun, 11 ran.
Galant Nuit (FR) 3-1 (11-6) Held up, ridden 2 out, outpaced when fell at the last in race won by Run To Space (10-13) at Kelso 2m 1f nov hcp chs 0-115 (4) sft, 8 ran.
