held up, headway 4 out, ridden to challenge 2 out, no extra and lost 2nd near finish
prominent, reminders 13th, every chance when blundered 2 out, rallied to go 2nd near finish
led, headed 6th, reminders 8th, ridden 13th, outpaced 3 out
tracked leaders, lost place 5th, outpaced 3 out
tracked leaders, led 6th, headed 11th, led again 13th, headed 3 out, weakened next
held up, tracked leader 8th, led 11th, headed 13th, led again 3 out, ridden out
It could pay to stick with WOLF SHIELD in this. He's progressing well over fences with wins at Hexham and Southwell last time and bids for a hat-trick off a 7lb higher mark. Fentara is a course and distance winner but was let down by her jumping and pulled up at Perth back in June. Mcmurrough ran well for a long way on his comeback at Aintree and could go well and Mister Marker is only 1lb higher than when scoring over track and trip in February.
Fentara 12-1 (11-9) Held up towards rear, blundered badly 13th, soon behind, blundered next and pulled up, in a race won by Guess Again (11-0) at Perth 3m hcp chs (2) sft in Jun, 8 ran.
McMurrough (IRE) 11-1 (11-4) Tracked leaders, not always fluent, blundered 15th, soon weakened, tailed off, last of 5, well behind Lie Forrit (10-8) at Aintree 3m 1f hcap ch (2) gd in Oct.
Mister Marker (IRE) 10-1 (11-6) Held up towards rear, weakened before 5 out, soon tailed off, 7th of 10, well behind Carlito Brigante (11-12) at Kelso 3m 2f hcp chs 0-140 (3) gd in Oct.
Pinerolo 16-1 (11-12) In touch, reminders after 4th, soon lost place, blundered 6th, pulled up before 7 out, tailed off, in a race won by Samstown (10-5) at Ayr 3m 1f nov chs (2) gs in Apr, 9 ran.
Wolf Shield (IRE) 7-2 (11-5) Made all, not fluent 6th, mistake 8th, ridden before 3 out, kept on well from last, won at Southwell 3m nov chs (4) gd in Jul beating Billfromthebar (11-5) by 3/4l, 3 ran.
Isla Pearl Fisher 10-1 (10-5) Tracked leader, led 5th, headed 5 out, weakened before last, 6th of 11, 21l behind Mo Rouge (10-9) at Kelso 2m 6f nh nov hdl (4) gd in Oct.
