held up in touch, not fluent 8th, pushed along before 12th, outpaced 4 out, weakened before 2 out
tracked leaders, jumped slowly, lost place and ridden 10th, weakened 13th
led until 7th, not fluent 8th, ridden next, weakened 14th
held up in rear, took keen hold, jumped right at times, went close up 13th, ridden and started to struggle against winner when mistake 2 out, hit last, no extra flat
held up in touch, closed 11th, went 2nd next, led 13th, drew clear flat, stayed on well
prominent, led 7th, jumped right 10th, not fluent 12th, headed 13th, weakened 2 out
Nonrunner
Firm Order makes his reappearance and may find this an insufficient test of stamina. Bit Of A Jog and Carrigmorna King have also had a break but the latter has claims on his second at Newbury just under a year ago while Lost Glory's third at Ffos Las in August was his best effort for some time. WIESENTRAUM may have found 3m2f a shade too far at Newton Abbot last month. He looks in decent nick and was just beaten off this mark at Fakenham in March so looks the one to beat. Trafalgar looks a progressive type and is probably the danger with Lambro struggling of late.
Lambro (IRE) 16-1 (11-12) Held up in rear, pushed along before 5 out, soon weakened and pulled up, in a race won by Raajih (11-12) at Perth 3m hcp chs 0-135 (3) gd in Sep, 6 ran.
Lost Glory (NZ) 3-1 (11-6) Held up towards rear, headway before 4 out, ridden before 3 out, chased winner 2 out, blundered last, soon lost 2nd place, no extra, 3rd of 6, 8l behind A Decent Excuse (10-2) at Ffos Las 3m 1f hcp chs 0-140 (3) gd in Aug.
Bit Of A Jig (IRE) 7-4 (10-12) Led until 1st, never on bridle after, led again 5th, reminders after 7th and headed after 9th, lost 2nd next, not run on and reminders after 11th, no chance from 13th, tailed off, last of 3, 41l behind Financial Climate (10-7) at Wetherby 3m 1f nov chs (4) gs in Apr.
Carrigmorna King (IRE) 11-2 (11-12) In rear, ridden before last, kept on and no impression, 6th of 10, 14l behind Lamboro Lad (11-3) at Perth 3m hcp chs 0-140 (3) gd in Apr.
Wiesentraum (GER) 6-1 (11-12) Held up in touch, tracked leaders 10th, ridden 2 out, stayed on to take 2nd flat, no chance with winner, 2nd of 6, 10l behind Velator (11-0) at Newton Abbot 3m 2f hcp chs 0-135 (3) gd in Sep.
Firm Order (IRE) 25-1 (11-6) In touch, hit 21st, weakened after 4 out, mistake 3 out, pulled up before next, in a race won by Midnight Prayer (11-6) at Cheltenham 4m Listed ch (1) gs in Mar, 15 ran.
Trafalgar (FR) 5-2fav (11-7) With leader, led 13th, mistake 5 out, headed 3 out, driven and one pace next, no impression from last, 4th of 7, 7l behind Barton Stacey (11-9) at Worcester 2m 7f hcp chs 0-140 (3) gd in Aug.
