made all, ridden 3 out, edged right, all out towards finish
tracked leader, ridden 7th, faded after 3 out
tracked leaders, lost place 7th, headway after 4 out, weakened last
mid-division, steady headway 7th, ridden, outpaced 3 out, plugged on
held up, steady headway after 6th, ridden to chase winner, mistake 3 out, not fluent 2 out, every chance flat, all out, no extra
refused to race
always in rear, mistake 3rd, tailed off when pulled up before 7th
always in rear, tailed off from 6th, pulled up before 3 out
mid-division, ridden 7th, weakening when pulled up before 3 out
mid-division, mistake 1st, behind from 6th, pulled up before 8th
tracked leaders, ridden 4th, lost place 7th, soon behind, continued
Black Anshan impressed last time over this course and distance and is fancied to defy a penalty; Good Citizen and Be Telling look the dangers. The last-named needs watching in the betting from the moment the bookies price up in the morning as there was a big gamble landed on one of Sean Curran's at the track last week, however Black Anshan is improving all the time and can win again. It was no great race that he won last time but he did it with authority and this unexposed former pointer is taken to win today on ground that suits. Good Citizen impressed when winning at Market Rasen recently but that was over a shorter trip and he needs to prove both an ability to act on this ground and also his stamina for this trip. John Fenton is a fairly able point-to-pointer, whilst High Ball and Matt The Thrasher are both capable of better than we have seen recently and a visor may work on the latter. A fair contest with a bit of dead wood, and Black Anshan can sweep them aside.
Black Anshan (IRE) 2-1fav (11-0) Made all, reminders 9th, clear when idled flat, pushed out near finish, won at Worcester 3m mdn hdl (4) gf in Jun beating St Mellion Freeway (11-0) by 4l, 12 ran.
Good Citizen (IRE) 2-1 (10-12) Led to 3rd, tracked leader, led again 3 out, ridden last, drew clear flat, comfortably, won at Market Rasen 2m 3f nov hdl (4) sft beating Ormus (10-12) by 7l, 13 ran.
Be Telling (IRE) 13-8fav (11-12) Jumped well throughout, made all, clear from halfway, unchallenged, won at Fakenham 3m hcp chs 0-100 (4) gs in Feb '07 beating Alfadora (10-3) by 30l, 6 ran.
High Ball (IRE) 100-1 (10-12) In touch, ridden and weakened 2 out, 6th of 9, 32l behind Indian Pipe Dream (11-5) at Worcester 2m 4f nov hdl (4) gf.
John Fenton (IRE) (12-0) 2nd of 17, 8l behind Shake The Bottle (12-0) at Liscarroll 3m ire ptp hvy in Mar.
Maire De Beaulieu (FR) 18-1 (10-11) Chased leader, not fluent 5th, led after next, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, weakened flat, 4th of 10, 17l behind St Mellion Freeway (11-0) at Worcester 3m mdn hdl (5) gf.
Matt The Thrasher (IRE) 10-1 (11-2) refused in race won by He's The Gaffer (11-0) at Stratford 2m 7f hcp chs 0-125 (3) gd, 7 ran.
Old Golden Grey 33-1 (12-0) Chsd ldrs til wknd 12; wl bhnd when unseated rider in race won by Malt Max (12-0) at Tabley 3m ptp gd in May, 15 ran.
Rushbury Lad 100-1 (11-0) Always in rear, no chance after 7th, tailed off, 9th of 10, well behind St Mellion Freeway (11-0) at Worcester 3m mdn hdl (5) gf.
Shergill (IRE) 9-1 (11-3) Tracked leaders, ridden from 7th, weakened after 4 out, 5th of 12, 19l behind Barneys Mate (11-4) at Worcester 3m amt hcp hdl (5) gf.
Stormylad 100-1 (10-11) Mid-division until weakened 6th, behind when pulled up 4 out in race won by Sound Accord (11-0) at Newbury 3m mdn hdl (4) sft in Jan, 20 ran.
Bleak Friday 200-1 (9-12) Tracked leaders, weakened 8th, tailed off when pulled up 3 out in race won by Winter Star (10-7) at Uttoxeter 2m 6f nov hdl (4) gf, 11 ran.
