tracked clear leading pair, not fluent 13th, soon pulled up
led and clear with one other, headed 5th, tracked leader, mistake 3 out, pushed along next, effort last, ridden and ran on to lead near finish
pressed winner until led 5th, not fluent 9th, ridden approaching last, headed near finish
chased clear leading pair, left poor 3rd soon after 13th, tailed off
Dawnieriver completed her hat-trick by a distance at Plumpton though only three of the nine runners completed the course. She's been raised 7lb and faces better rivals. Queen Spud has had her jumping problems but came good over 2m5f here last time and with a clear round would be difficult to beat. SHAKY GIFT has won twice over hurdles around here and though well beaten in both starts over fences the latest was behind Thistlecrack at Chepstow and she's taken to get off the mark. Black Narcissus completed a hat-trick on testing ground at the turn of the year but hasn't been seen since falling over hurdles at Ffos Las in March.
Shaky Gift (IRE) 33-1 (10-7) Held up in rear, outpaced 4 out, went right 2 out, no chance with leaders, 4th of 5, dist behind Thistlecrack (11-0) at Chepstow 3m (3) gs in Oct.
Queen Spud 5-2fav (11-7) Led, headed 10th, tracked leaders, ridden 3 out, driven and rallied to lead approaching last, ran on, won at Fakenham 2m 5f hcp (4) gd in Oct beating Charlie Mon (11-2) by 9l, 8 ran.
Dawnieriver (IRE) 8-1 (11-8) Held up towards rear, headway before 8th, went 2nd from 13th, left in lead and clear from 4 out, very easily, won at Plumpton 3m 2f hcp (4) gd in Oct beating Kapgarde King (11-3) by dist, 9 ran.
Black Narcissus (IRE) 9-1 (11-11) Held up mid-division, weakened from 5 out, pulled up before 3 out, at Ffos Las 2m 6f hcp (4) gs in Mar.
