held up towards rear, headway 4th, led 2 out, soon ridden, driven out
held up and behind, short lived effort 5th
held up in mid-division, behind from 4th
led, clear approaching 3rd, headed 5th, weakened after 2 out
held up in touch, weakened approaching 4th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
chased leader, led 5th until 2 out, soon hard ridden and saddle slipped, not quicken flat
blundered 5th, always behind
held up, headway 4th, ridden and weakened after 5th
held up and behind, stayed on flat, never near leaders
always behind, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
held up in touch, every chance when not fluent 3 out, soon ridden, weakened flat
took keen hold, tracked leaders, ridden approaching 4th, weakened after 5th
Houlihans Free, Cream Cracker and Don And Gerry will fight this one out with the nod going to the last named. Don And Gerry was five lengths behind Cream Cracker receiving two pounds on their last racecourse visit but this time receives nine pounds so is taken to reverse the form. And the fact that it was his first outing over hurdles Don And Gerry is entitled to show some improvement. Houlihans Free won a bumper around here last month but was not good enough to win with a penalty thereafter when finishing third on his latest outing. He has to be shown respect coming from a top yard and is worth noting in the market as is Harry Cat who has the services of Tony McCoy. But for the winner we return to Don And Gerry.
Cream Cracker 15-8fav (10-9) Held up, headway approaching 3 out, led approaching last, ran on well, won at Worcester 2m mdn hdl (E) gf beating Don And Gerry (10-7) by 5l, 13 ran.
Houlihans Free (IRE) 9-4jt-fav (11-11) Held up, headway on inside over 4f out, chased winner over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 3rd of 12, 22l behind Tihui Two (10-11) at Worcester 2m nhf (H) gf in Jun.
Lost In The Snow (IRE) 10-1 (11-2) With leaders, led after 2nd, headed approaching 3rd weakened 3 out, 8th of 13, 31l behind Cream Cracker (10-9) at Worcester 2m mdn hdl (E) gf.
Harrycat (IRE) 3-1 (10-12) Chased leaders, weakened before 3 out, pulled up before last pulled up at the last in race won by Mr Dinglawi (11-2) at Plumpton 2m 4yo nov hdl (E) sft in Feb, 10 ran.
Mariday 25-1 (11-0) Took keen hold, tracked leaders until weakened approaching 2 out, 5th of 17, 18l behind Decisive (11-2) at Worcester 2m mdn hdl (E) gd.
Scarrabus (IRE) 11-2 (10-12) Behind, headway 8th, ridden 3 out, weakened quickly, 6th of 14, 33l behind Stagecoach Diamond (11-2) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f mdn hdl (E) gf in Jun.
Aspra (FR) 14-1 (10-9) Mid-division, ridden, headway after 5th, stayed on flat, 4th of 17, 17l behind Decisive (11-2) at Worcester 2m mdn hdl (E) gd.
Don And Gerry (IRE) 3-1 (10-7) Held up, headway approaching 5th, led going well 2 out, headed approaching last, one pace, 2nd of 13, 5l behind Cream Cracker (10-9) at Worcester 2m mdn hdl (E) gf.