raced keenly in last pair, badly hampered and almost fell 1st, outpaced and struggling 4 out, plugged on into modest 3rd 3 out, weakened into 4th at the last
chased winner, not fluent 3rd, pushed along and no impression when mistake 3 out, mistake last, no chance with winner
tracked leaders, not fluent 4th, outpaced and struggling in modest 3rd after 4 out, weakened next, tailed off
raced keenly in rear, outpaced and struggling 4 out, plugged on into modest 3rd at the last
tracked leaders, went sharply left and badly hampered rival 1st, outpaced after 4 out, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
jumped slickly, made all, pushed clear before 3 out, stayed on strongly, unchallenged
A winner over 2m on the Flat at Newcastle in August, The Churchill Lad made a successful start to his hurdling career at Cartmel and should give a good account again under his penalty but Vintage Valley weakened quickly at Sedgefield once headed. HIGHLAND FROLIC, trained on the level by the Gosdens, has joined an up-and-coming NH yard and will almost certainly know what’s required today.
Ballynaveen Boy (IRE) 10-1 (9-1) Handy, pushed along over 3f out, soon outpaced and in rear, last of 8, 29 3/4l behind City Vaults (9-1) at Ayr 1m 2f stks (6) gd in Aug.
Highland Frolic (FR) 6-1 (9-3) Awkward leaving stalls, held up in rear, pushed along 3f out, ridden over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, plugged on one pace final furlong, 4th of 6, 4 1/2l behind Mugader (9-8) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp (4) gf in Jun.
John The Pirate Mondialiste gelding out of Musikhani.
Robin Goodfellow (IRE) 80-1 (8-7) In rear, always behind, 9th of 10, 22 1/4l behind City Vaults (9-4) at Redcar 1m 6f hcp (6) gs in Sep.
Run At Dawn (IRE) 66-1 (9-3) Keen and went 2nd briefly after 1f, chased leaders, lost place from over 2f out, 6th of 9, 12 1/2l behind Tuxedo Junction (9-7) at Ffos Las 1m 2f mdn stks (4) gd in Aug.
Vintage Valley (IRE) 10-1 (11-2) Prominent until ridden 3 out, soon lost place, 4th of 7, 28 1/2l behind Mctigue (11-2) at Sedgefield 2m 1f mdn (4) gd in Sep.
The Churchill Lad (IRE) 15-8 (10-12) Held up in rear, closed before 4th, went 2nd after 2 out, led before last, soon well clear, won at Cartmel 2m 1f (4) gd in Aug beating Eclairant Le Monde (10-5) by 24l, 4 ran.
