made all, clear 11th, not fluent 12th, drew readily clear before 2 out, easily
held up in touch, relegated to rear but in touch 4th, ridden before 4 out, tailed off before 3 out, stayed on for modest 2nd before 2 out
chased leader, close up 7th, jumped left 8th and lost ground with leader, in rear 11th, blundered and almost unseated 12th, unseated rider 13th
in rear, took closer order 6th, moved into 2nd 10th, well adrift 4 out, lost 2nd before 2 out, no extra
Withdrawn
CAID DU BERLAIS and Bishops Road were both pulled up in last year’s Foxhunter at Cheltenham. The latter hasn’t raced since but the former made all in a similar race to this at Wincanton at the start of the month and will be a short price here. The others are probably playing for places.
Caid Du Berlais (FR) 2-1 (11-10) Made all, went clear 7th, reduced lead 10th, hit 13th, came clear again before 3 out, not fluent last, stayed on strongly, unchallenged, won at Wincanton 2m 4f (6) gd in Mar beating Golden Tobouggan (11-2) by 3 3/4l, 9 ran.
Bishops Road (IRE) 33-1 (12-0) Mid-division on outside, lost place and behind from 5th, not travel well and pulled up before 7th, at Cheltenham 3m 2f (2) gs in Mar.
Iftiraaq (IRE) 25-1 (11-12) Prominent until after 1st, chased leaders, not fluent 3rd, lost place before 5th, mistake 8th, behind before 4 out, pulled up before last, at Leicester 2m (5) hvy in Mar.
Taaffes Castle (IRE) 12-1 (10-0) Mostly chased winner until 11th, chased leaders, 3rd and one pace from 3 out, 3rd of 13, 14l behind Ask Paddy (10-10) at Catterick 3m 1f hcp (4) sft in Jan.
Stage One (IRE) 16-1 (10-9) (bl) led 4-7; wknd 14; t.o & pu last, at Bishops Court 3m sft in Oct.
