held up behind in touch, headway on inside 5 out, led next, drew clear from 2 out, comfortably
tracked leaders, led narrowly after 7th, headed 4 out, ridden and kept on same pace from 2 out, no chance with winner
held up in touch, dropped to rear and reminders from 5th, soon struggling, never able to challenge, weakened 2 out
tracked leaders, driven and outpaced approaching 3 out, ridden and weakened before next
led, headed narrowly after 7th, lost place 5 out, soon behind, pulled up before next
held up in touch, mistake 5th and next, effort on outside approaching 4 out, 3rd and no impression when hit next, lost moderate 3rd flat
tracked leader, outpaced approaching 4 out, soon lost place, ridden next, stayed on to go moderate 3rd flat, no chance with leading pair
There are question marks over most of these with Flying Squad and Tooman Lane returning from a break and surprise Hexham winner Panthers Run still racing from 7lb out of the handicap despite edging up the weights. Archie's Wish has proved most disappointing recently and Stolen Light has struggled since scoring at Sedgefield in May, though is now 3lb lower. WHISKEY RIDGE has been well beaten in both starts over fences so far but was almost brought down at Haydock last time and did well to recover. He has more scope than these so gets the nod in a race that won't take much winning.
Flying Squad (UAE) 11-1 (10-10) Held up in rear, not fluent 9th, reminders after next, not fluent 12th, soon ridden, behind 14th, pulled up before 3 out, in a race won by Columbus Secret (11-11) at Perth 3m hcp chs 0-125 (3) gd in Apr, 8 ran.
Red Kingdom (IRE) 50-1 (11-11) Held up, always in rear, behind 8th, tailed off, 8th of 9, well behind Tilly Ann (11-7) at Uttoxeter 2m hcp chs 0-115 (4) gf in Oct.
Whiskey Ridge (IRE) 20-1 (10-9) In touch, mistake 2nd, not fluent 6th, not fluent and hampered 10th, soon struggling, went remote 4th close home, tailed off, 4th of 11, 47l behind Morning Moment (11-5) at Haydock 3m hcp chs 0-120 (4) gd in Oct.
Tooman Lane (IRE) 9-1 (11-12) Mid-division, mistake 4th, headway and in touch 9th, ridden 2 out, 6th and outpaced when mistake and unseated rider last, in a race won by Nifty Roy (10-6) at Cartmel 2m 5f hcp chs 0-100 (4) gd in May, 14 ran.
Stolen Light (IRE) 25-1 (11-11) Held up towards rear, pushed along before 11th, soon weakened, 6th of 11, well behind Wide Receiver (10-7) at Wetherby 2m 6f hcp chs 0-95 (5) gs in Oct.
Archie's Wish 20-1 (9-7) Towards rear, ridden and struggling 4 out, never on terms, 9th of 16, 14l behind Dot Or Feather (10-11) at Wetherby 2m 6f cond nov hcp hdl 0-105 (4) gd in Oct.
Panthers Run 22-1 (9-9) In touch, chased leaders 5th, ridden to challenge last, led last 100 yards, kept on gamely, won at Hexham 2m hcp chs 0-95 (5) sft beating Tipsy Indian (10-11) by hd, 11 ran.
