mid-division, outpaced 4 out, soon beaten
jumped left and led, headed 9th, chased leaders until hit 4 out, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
mid-division, ridden 11th, effort under pressure 4 out, dusputing 3rd and outpaced when blundered 3 out, soon no impression
held up, headway 9th, went 2nd hit 4 out, led briefly after next, soon ridden, stayed on to lead last, drew clear flat
tracked leaders, hit 1st, ridden and disputing 3rd when outpaced 3 out, soon weakened, beaten and eased next
tracked leader, led 9th, headed briefly after 3 out, ridden and headed when mistake last, no etxra flat
behind, hit 4th, outpaced when blundered 11th, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
Lysander has been running consistently well of late and has to be respected but has rather harshly been raised another 6lbs despite being beaten into third place behind Kew Jumper at Lingfield at the beginning of the month and a better bet looks to be Sparkling Taff, who gets the vote with Haggle Twins rated the pick of the remainder. The selection hails from the in-form Sue Smith stable has been running well and remains feasibly well treated and should not mind the drop back in trip. Don McCain's Maurice has claims on the pick of his form but could probably do with some help from the handicapper, while Lankawi has given little sign for encouragement in recent starts. Charlie Mann's Haggle Twins is better than he showed when pulled up at Chepstow last time and he looks well treated but a safer option seems to be with Sparkling Taff.
Lankawi 33-1 (10-2) Chased leader until after 12th, driven 14th, weakened after 4 out, 9th of 14, 44l behind An Accordion (10-12) at Cheltenham 3m hcp chs Grd 3 (1) gs.
Maurice (FR) 11-1 (11-7) Led, headed 3 out, ridden and outpaced when mistake next, no impression approaching last, 4th of 12, 13l behind Rayshan (11-5) at Newcastle 2m 4f hcp chs 0-135 (3) gs in Feb.
Alright Now M'Lad (IRE) 16-1 (11-4) Held up, headway 8th, ridden in close 5th approaching 4 out, weakened after 3 out, virtually pulled up run-in, 7th of 12, well behind Ballyfoy (10-13) at Newbury 2m 6f hcp chs 0-135 (3) sft in Jan.
Lysander (GER) 2-1fav (11-10) Held up, ridden and outpaced 4 out, stayed on, 3rd of 11, 5l behind Kew Jumper (11-2) at Lingfield 2m 4f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd.
Haggle Twins (IRE) 17-2 (11-4) Tracked leaders, ridden 12th, headed and mistake next, behind when pulled up 3 out in race won by Which Pocket (11-12) at Chepstow 2m 3f hcp chs 0-125 (3) sft, 10 ran.
Sparkling Taff 11-4fav (10-10) Mid-division, headway 4 out, one pace approaching last, 3rd of 10, 9l behind Himalayan Trail (11-1) at Bangor 3m hcp chs 0-120 (3) gd.
Go For One (IRE) 25-1 (11-0) Keen, in rear, jumped slowly 4th, mistake 11th, hung right, tailed off when pulled up 4 out in race won by Which Pocket (11-12) at Chepstow 2m 3f hcp chs 0-125 (3) sft, 10 ran.
