always behind
held up towards rear, headway 5th, chased winner 3 out, in 3rd and weakeneing when hit last
chased winner, until outpaced 3 out, kept on from last, no impression
mid-division, ridden 3 out, stayed on from last, never dangerous
tracked leaders, weakened approaching 3 out
always towards rear
made all, kept on well from last, pushed out
chased leaders, lost place approaching 3 out
held up, headway 3 out, ridden to chase winner next, kept on
A wide open contest gets proceedings under way and as usual in these events the market will be all important but the principals look to be Perisienne Gale, Rifleman and Nobel and the vote is given to Perisienne Gale. The selection has been in good form of late over fences, he returns to hurdles on a handy mark and under conditions that suit he will be hard to beat. Rifleman rates the main danger as he has dropped to a handy mark but he is becoming hard to win with so can not be put forward with any confidence. Nobel hails from a yard in top form and is another that could go well but he looks high enough in the weights for what he has actually archived and for that reason he is over looked. Of the remainder Alpine Hideaway has conditions to suit and could go well at a price but in a race where the market will be very informative for the winner we return to Perisienne Gale.
Friedhelmo (GER) 33-1 (9-9) Raced keenly and led, headed 7th, soon lost place, tailed off from 2 out and pulled up 2 out in race won by Nathos (11-6) at Market Rasen 2m 3f hcp hdl 0-125 (D) hvy, 7 ran.
Nobel (FR) 10-3 (10-4) Held up, effort 3 out, kept on from next, 5th of 15, 5l behind Downing Street (10-11) at Perth 2m 4f mdn hdl (E) gd in May.
Siegfrieds Night (IRE) 18-1 (10-0) Chased leader, lost place 3 out, soon behind, 6th of 7, 22l behind Nathos (11-6) at Market Rasen 2m 3f hcp hdl 0-125 (D) hvy.
Rifleman (IRE) 3-1 (11-7) Mid-division, headway 5th, led 2 out, ridden and headed last, one pace flat, 5th of 12, 2 1/2l behind Zando (10-0) at Leicester 2m sll hdl (G) gs.
Pornic (FR) 12-1 (10-13) Towards rear, reminders 13th, soon ridden and weakened, tailed off when pulled up at the 15th in race won by Dark Thunder (9-4) at Sedgefield 3m 3f hcp chs 0-105 (E) gs in May, 7 ran.
Alpine Hideaway (IRE) 12-1 (11-9) Mid-division, outpaced before 2 out, 6th of 17, 21l behind Sheer Guts (11-9) at Market Rasen 2m 1f sll hcp hdl 0-95 (G) gd in Oct.
Parisienne Gale (IRE) Evensfav (11-9) Tracked leader, led 3 out, soon clear, comfortably, won at Kelso 2m 1f mrs nov chs (E) gs beating Uneven Line (10-13) by 8l, 7 ran.
Commemoration Day (IRE) 20-1 (10-12) Close up, weakened 3 out, 5th of 11, 41l behind Grangehill Dancer (10-7) at Hexham 2m 4yo nov hdl (E) sft in Apr.
Upswing 8-1 (10-5) Held up in rear, headway 2 out and in touch, ridden approaching last, soon beaten, 6th of 11, 22l behind The Names Bond (11-5) at Hexham 2m hcp hdl 0-100 (F) sft.
