held up in rear, headway 6th, soon chasing leaders, weakened before 3 out, remote 4th
held up towards rear, pushed along 7th, headway 9th, effort 2 out, kept on same pace approaching last
chased leaders, under pressure 4 out, soon weakened, pulled up before last
led, hard driven when strongly challenged 3 out, headed after next, soon weakened, remote 3rd
tracked leader, ridden to challenge approaching 3 out, led after next, stayed on gamely
held up towards rear, under presssure 6th, behind when pulled up soon after 3 out
mid-division, lost place 6th, soon behind, pulled up 4 out
Vivarini was a faller at Taunton on Friday and looks to have lost his way while Lady Karabaya finished well beaten when favourite at Huntingdon last time. Pheidias is hard to win with but Fidelis made a promising comeback over fences at Folkestone and races off a 4lb lower mark over hurdles. STORM SURVIVOR was backed as though defeat was out of the question at Folkestone in November and duly obliged. As that was only his sixth career start, Jonjo O'Neill's gelding is open to plenty of further improvement and is difficult to oppose here.
Mzuri Bay 12-1 (11-6) In touch, pushed along after 6th, soon lost place, behind when blundered badly 10th, tailed off when pulled up before 13th, in a race won by Reblis (10-13) at Plumpton 3m 2f hcp chs 0-115 (4) sft in Dec, 11 ran.
Storm Survivor (IRE) 10-11fav (11-7) Held up in mid-division, lost place towards rear and not going well 7th, slow and ridden next, driven after 2 out, stayed on under pressure on long run to last, led before last, driven clear flat, won at Folkestone 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-105 (4) gd in Nov beating Nothingbutthetruth (11-4) by 2 1/4l, 12 ran.
Cannon Fire (FR) 5-1 (11-11) Tracked leader, lost place approaching 5 out, soon tailed off, last of 7, well behind Sun Tzu (11-5) at Ffos Las 3m sell (5) gd in Apr.
Pheidias (IRE) 25-1 (11-1) Held up in rear, not fluent 2nd, struggling after 7th, never on terms, tailed off, 5th of 16, 46l behind Thehillofuisneach (11-6) at Uttoxeter 3m hcp hdl 0-115 (4) sft in Dec.
Lady Karabaya 6-5fav (11-4) Tracked leader, not fluent 3rd, lost 2nd next, not fluent when taking 2nd 9th until after 3 out, soon weakened, tailed off, 5th of 8, 44l behind Go Amwell (11-1) at Huntingdon 3m 2f hcp hdl 0-105 (4) gd in Nov.
Vivarini 14-1 (10-12) Held up behind leaders, fell 7th, in a race won by Code Blue (11-3) at Haydock 3m hcp hdl 0-110 (4) hvy in Dec, 5 ran.
Galley Slave (IRE) 50-1 (11-0) Pressed leader until 4th, lost place next, soon behind, 10th of 11, well behind Cityar (9-13) at Ludlow 2m hcp hdl 0-105 (4) gs in Dec.
Fidelis (IRE) 10-11fav (11-10) Held up in close 4th, improved on inside 2 out, challenged approaching last, every chance flat, held towards finish, 2nd of 4, 1 1/2l behind The Darling Boy (11-0) at Folkestone 2m 5f hcp chs 0-110 (4) gf in Nov.
