held up in rear, headway 9th, challenged 4 out, led last, driven out
held up, took keen hold, not fluent 3rd, pushed along 8th, jumped right 4 out when well beaten
held up, took keen hold, headway 6th, challenged 8th, led next, headed last, held towards finish
tracked leader, 3rd and ridden 4 out, weakened next
tracked leaders, not fluent 3rd, pushed along 7th, weakened approaching 4 out, went 3rd 2 out
led, jumped right, headed 9th, weakened approaching 4 out
WASHANGO won over hurdles here last year and is lightly raced for his age. There was nothing wrong with his recent second to Chase Gate here over fences and Shaun Lycett's gelding is fancied to go one better today. Cash Back and Tae Kwon Do both come here off the back of recent wins but the former is 9lb higher than when successful at Stratford while the latter's Fontwell victory came over the smaller obstacles. Parazar makes his debut over fences, while Driving Miss Suzie hasn't shown much of an aptitude for the larger obstacles so far and has a bit to prove now.
Cash Back 7-2 (11-7) Held up in rear, not fluent 3rd, headway 9th, went 2nd after 3 out, led last, ran on, won at Stratford 2m 5f nov hcp chs 0-95 (5) gf beating Inishrush (11-2) by 5l, 9 ran.
Parazar (FR) 7-1 (11-9) Held up towards rear, ridden 7th, never dangerous, 9th of 12, 17l behind Mr Valentino (10-12) at Worcester 2m 4f cond nov hcp hdl 0-105 (4) gd in Jun.
Tae Kwon Do (USA) 3-1fav (11-2) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, ridden to lead when went left and hit 2 out, clear and driven flat, stayed on, won at Fontwell 2m 6f nov hcp hdl 0-110 (4) gf beating Princely Hero (11-5) by 2 1/2l, 7 ran.
Driving Miss Suzie 5-1 (11-9) Tracked leader, blundered badly 6th and soon lost place, pulled up soon after, in a race won by The Fox's Decree (11-9) at Newton Abbot 2m hcp 0-90 (5) gf, 5 ran.
Washango (IRE) 14-1 (10-6) Prominent, led approaching 4 out, headed 3 out, stayed on same pace flat, no impression on winner, 2nd of 16, 7l behind Chase Gate (11-5) at Worcester 2m 7f hcp 0-100 (4) gf in Jul.
Photogenique (FR) 11-1 (9-13) Mid-division, lost place 7th, behind after, 8th of 9, dis behind Cash Back (11-7) at Stratford 2m 5f nov hcp chs 0-95 (5) gf.