chased leaders, went 2nd briefly after 3rd, chased leading trio, weakened 4 out, pulled up before 2 out
made all, ridden home turn, soon clear, stayed on strongly
sweating and went steadily to post, steadied rear, hit 2nd, gained a place after 3rd, mistake 4 out, 4th and no impression from next, mistake 2 out, went remote 3rd approaching the last
never fluent, raced in 3rd, not fluent 1st and 3rd, mistake 4 out pushed along and no impression when hung left and mistake 2 out, weakened into 4th and mistake last, saddle slipped
last pair, dropped to last and struggling after 3rd, reminders and struggling before next, went remote 5th after 3 out, tailed off
Enthused was due to make his hurdling debut in the 1.40 Sedgefield yesterday. The eight-year-old Olly's Folly is 0-56 in career starts though has placed several times over hurdles. Useful chaser SIR TIVO ran his best race so far over hurdles at Uttoxeter last month, with Dance At Night behind, and will probably be a short price to go one better here, though Al Gaiya has been in good form on the Flat recently and Decorated has won a bumper.
Olly's Folly 6-1 (11-2) Led until 5th, weakened before 2 out, 7th of 11, 26 1/4l behind Pop The Champagne (11-5) at Newton Abbot 2m 1f (3) gd in Aug.
Sir Tivo (FR) 9-4 (11-0) Led, hit 3rd, headed before last, stayed on same pace run-in, always held, 2nd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Throne Hall (11-0) at Uttoxeter 2m (4) gd in Sep.
Dance At Night 11-1 (10-12) Raced keenly in 5th, gained a place before 4th, pushed along and no impression when bad mistake 2 out, weakened and hung left after, 8th of 10, 33 1/2l behind Throne Hall (11-0) at Uttoxeter 2m (4) gd in Sep.
Decorated 20-1 (10-12) Raced keenly in last pair, headway chasing leaders over 4f out, ridden and weakened over 3f out, 6th of 9, 31 1/2l behind Authorised Speed (11-4) at Newbury 2m (5) gs in Jan.
Al Gaiya (FR) 11-2 (9-9) Close up, stumbled 10f out, pressed leader 2f out, ridden to lead entering final furlong, driven out, won at Ffos Las 1m 4f hcp (6) gs in Aug beating Hellavaheart (9-0) by 1/2l, 13 ran.
Bellissimo Milan (IRE) 40-1 (10-7) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened thereafter, 4th of 5, 15 1/2l behind Letterston Lady (10-12) at Newton Abbot 2m 1f (5) gs in Sep.
Enthused (IRE) 12-1 (11-12) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 11th of 12, dist behind Bad Company (11-13) at Epsom 1m 4f hcp (4) hvy in Sep.
