held up towards rear, moved into midfield 2nd, chased leader 7th, reminders after 15th but remained close up, almost upsides 2 out, one pace from last
led narrowly, ridden and headed before 4 out, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
pressed leader, led before 4 out, ridden before 2 out, stayed on strongly flat
midfield, not fluent 4th, ridden after 15th, beaten when weakened before 2 out
midfield, towards rear 7th, last when ridden after 15th, soon beaten
prominent, midfield 5th, towards rear 7th, headway 13th, chased leading pair 4 out and ridden, not fluent 2 out, still in touch last, stayed on flat
prominent, lost place 6th, midfield 10th, ridden after 15th, just in touch when blundered 2 out, no extra
held up in rear, headway before 4 out, chased leaders 3 out, ridden after 2 out, kept on from last
Brian Hughes has partnered Glittering Love in all of his five career victories to date and the Carlisle winner has only gone up 3lb. Frimeur De Lancray was just touched off at Newcastle two runs ago but PARTY FUZZ is less exposed. Kim Bailey’s charge was making his debut over fences when second at Ffos Las and looks to have improved for a wind operation. Onchan requires improvement but did finish ahead of the subsequent course and distance winner Morozov Cocktail here at the start of last month and is 6lb better off.
Frimeur De Lancray (FR) 16-1 (10-11) Chased leaders, fell 14th, at Haydock 2m 6f hcp (3) hvy in Dec.
Party Fuzz 17-2 (11-7) Pressed leader, led 6th, ridden before 2 out, headed approaching and blundered last, no chance after, just held on for 2nd, 2nd of 8, 5l behind Downtown Getaway (11-12) at Ffos Las 2m 5f hcp (4) hvy in Dec.
Ballyrath (IRE) 33-1 (12-0) Chased leaders, jumped slowly 5th (water), hit next, outpaced 2 out, plugged on, 4th of 8, 12 3/4l behind Wonderful Charm (12-0) at Stratford 3m 4f (2) gd in May.
Glittering Love (IRE) 8-1 (11-11) Prominent, upsides leaders before 4 out, ridden after 2 out, strongly pressed leader from 2 out, switched right after last, stayed on stoutly to lead towards finish, won at Carlisle 3m 2f hcp (4) sft in Dec beating Tommie Beau (12-2) by nk, 9 ran.
Onchan (IRE) 10-1 (11-10) In touch, mistake 8th, headway 13th, ridden 4 out, weakened 2 out, 5th of 10, 23 1/2l behind Sidi Ismael (11-11) at Wetherby 3m hcp (4) gs in Dec.
Camp Belan (IRE) 18-1 (11-12) In touch, headway 5 out, led 3 out, headed 2 out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 12, 7 1/2l behind Bitasweetsymphony (10-12) at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 4f hcp (5) sft in Dec.
Morozov Cocktail (IRE) 7-2jfav (11-7) Led, jumped right 5th and 7th, headed 8th, not fluent 10th, led 13th, narrow advantage when ridden 4 out, jumped right 3 out, headed last, stayed on strongly to lead close home, won at Wetherby 3m hcp (5) sft in Dec beating Eveque (10-6) by 1/2l, 14 ran.
Raddle And Hum (IRE) 6-1 (10-5) Keen tracked leaders, pushed along and outpaced 4 out, ridden and rallied run in, closing on first two close home, 3rd of 5, 1/2l behind Top And Drop (11-11) at Wetherby 3m hcp (4) sft in Dec.