held up in rear, slow 3rd, ridden 9th, weakened 4 out
held up in rear, slow 3rd, reminders 6th, ridden 9th, weakened 4 out
led, headed 9th, chased leader until 2 out, ridden and kept on one pace
held up in last place, took close order 11th, ridden next, soon went third, chased leader 2 out, every chance last, edged left and led flat, ran on
chased leaders, ridden 9th, weakened 4 out
tracked leader, led 9th, ridden clear 3 out, pressed approaching last, looked reluctant and headed flat, kept on one pace
tracked leaders, ridden 12th, weakened next
This looks a good opportunity for I'MONCLOUDNINE who is put forward to land this handicap chase; the main dangers would appear to be Leopold and Pasagai. The selection won well last time at Wincanton and although he is high enough in the weights at present, he gives the impression that there might be a little more to come and on that basis he is taken to win again. Leopold failed to show his best at Musselburgh last time but he has gone well here in the past and if he replicate his best form today then he would be a leading player. Pasagai did not jump with any fluency last time before being pulled-up, but he is relatively unexposed and it could be too early to write him off just yet. High Oscar and Robin De Sherwood look the best of the others, but for the winner we will stick with I'moncloudnine.
Robin De Sherwood (FR) 40-1 (10-13) Mid-division , ridden 7th, tailed off, 15th of 17, well behind Greenbelt (10-6) at Catterick 2m 3f hcp hdl 0-130 (3) gs in Jan.
Ocean du Moulin (FR) 40-1 (10-10) Mistake 1st, always towards rear, tailed off, 8th of 18, 34l behind Fleet Street (11-10) at Kempton 3m hcp chs 0-140 (2) gd in Dec.
High Oscar 33-1 (10-12) Chased leaders, mistake 6th, lost place and last at 9th, no chance when jumped left from 4 out, 5th of 8, 13l behind Pepsyrock (11-0) at Newbury 2m 1f hcp chs 0-130 (3) gd in Feb.
I'moncloudnine (IRE) 4-1 (11-12) Mid-division, headway 12th, chased leader after 4 out, led 3 out, pushed out flat, won at Wincanton 2m 5f hcp chs 0-105 (4) sft beating Terrible Tenant (11-2) by 1 1/2l, 6 ran.
Pasagai (FR) 5-1 (10-4) Chased leaders, weakened 5 out, behind when pulled up 3 out in race won by Daldini (11-1) at Newcastle 2m 4f hcp chs 0-135 (3) hvy in Feb, 9 ran.
Craven (IRE) 33-1 (11-11) Blundered 1st, never on terms with leaders, ridden 5th, left poor 3rd 17th, 4th of 8, well behind Oakfield Legend (11-7) at Sandown 3m amt chs (3) gd.
Leopold (SLO) 9-2 (11-2) Mid-division, tracked leaders 9th, ridden 4 out, soon one pace, 4th of 10, 16l behind Kalmo Bay (11-8) at Musselburgh 3m cnd hcp chs 0-105 (4) gf in Dec.
