held up in rear, not fluent 3rd, headway 6th, not fluent next, went 3rd after 3 out, no impression next, stayed on final 100 yards
prominent, ridden 3 out, weakened approaching next
held up on outside, ridden 6th, well beaten next, tailed off
prominent, lost place when pecked 6th, well behind next, tailed off
held up in rear, headway 6th, weakened after next, tailed off
tracked leaders, not fluent 1st, 4th or 5th, went 2nd, approaching 3 out, led next, edged slightly right soon after, stayed on
in touch in mid-division, not fluent 2nd, headway approaching 5th, ridden 3 out, weakened before 2 out
led, ridden, mistake and headed 2 out, switched left before last, no impression on winner final 100 yards
held up, hit 3rd, headway after 4th, weakened approaching 3 out, tailed off
High Storm has easily has the best form on offer here, running the useful Darlan to a nose at Cheltenham in December having earlier also finished second at Bangor. However, two previous attempts over this trip have ended in wide-margin defeats so we'll take on McCoy's mount with hurdling newcomer IN THE BINYANIS. Already successful in a point-to-point and a bumper in Ireland, Jonjo O'Neill's five-year-old looks a nice prospect. Awaywiththegreys won a Worcester bumper last July and was fourth on his hurdles bow at Aintree. He may be best of the rest ahead of Hereford third Big News.
Awaywiththegreys (IRE) 11-4 (11-0) Jumped violently left and bumped rival 1st, not jump well after, tracked leaders, outpaced 4 out, no chance with leaders from next, tailed off, 4th of 8, 38l behind Hazy Tom (11-0) at Aintree 2m mdn hdl (4) gd in Oct.
Big News 9-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, ridden to go 3rd before last, kept on, 3rd of 13, 7l behind Howard's Legacy (11-0) at Hereford 2m 4f mdn hdl (5) gs in Apr.
Cawdor House Bert 22-1 (11-0) Held up, jumped big 1st and 2nd, went right next, not fluent 6th, headway approaching 8th, weakened before 3 out, tailed off, 7th of 8, well behind Seven Woods (11-0) at Ffos Las 3m mdn hdl (4) gs in Apr.
Desperate Times (IRE) 40-1 (10-10) Led and disputed, ridden and headed after 4 out, weakened rapidly before next, tailed off and pulled up after 2 out, in a race won by Snow Blizzard (11-3) at Ffos Las 3m sell (5) gd in Apr, 9 ran.
Here Comes Moss 6-1 (10-10) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, outpaced over 2f out, well held in 4th when hung left inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 18l behind Social Overdrive (11-3) at Hereford 2m 1f NH flat (6) gd in Mar.
High Storm (IRE) 22-1 (9-12) Tracked leader, hit 4th, led between last 2, headed approaching last, ridden and no extra flat, 7th of 14, 9l behind Module (10-11) at Cheltenham 2m 1f hcp hdl (2) gs in Jan.
In The Binyanis (IRE) 3-1fav (11-13) Tracked leader in 2nd, headway to lead approaching straight, ridden to assert under 2f out and soon clear, kept on well, won at Punchestown 2m N H flat hvy in Feb beating Paradise Lily (11-0) by 7l, 11 ran.
Next Exit (IRE) 6-1 (10-7) Mid-division, headway 9f out, ridden over 5f out, weakened over 3f out, 4th of 10, 30l behind Priceless Art (11-0) at Southwell 2m n h flat (4) std in Dec '10.
Saxon House (IRE) 100-1 (11-0) Always towards rear, 9th of 15, well behind Fighting Flynn (11-0) at Kempton 2m 5f nh nov hdl (4) gd in Apr.
