tracked leaders, led 5 out, ridden and headed approaching last, rallied and stayed on towards finish
led, headed and not fluent 10th, lost place approaching next
held up towards rear, headway to chase leaders 10th, outpaced next, kept on approaching 4 out, weakened approaching 3 out
held up mid-division, blundered 7th, headway approaching 11th, weakened approaching and pulled up before 4 out
close up, led approaching 10th, headed 5 out, weakened 2 out
held up towards rear, weakened approaching 4 out
held up towards rear and raced wide, headway 11th to chase leaders, ridden approaching 3 out, led appraoching last, driven out, held on towards finish
prominent, pushed along approaching 9th, lost place 5 out
Keith Reveley's Jass has struggled under big weights this season and probably needs some help from the handicapper despite having been dropped 2lbs since his most recent start and a better bet looks to be OPEN DE L'ISLE, who gets the vote over Mr Prickle. Richard Newland's gelding bounced back to winning ways when successful at Warwick at the end of January and he has every chance on ground that suits but is now 7lbs higher than at Warwick and may be too high in the weights now. Alison Hamilton's Silver Sedge has been well held in recent starts and of more interest may be Lucinda Russell's Et Maintenant, who has been running consistently well of late. Malko de Beaumont was pulled up on testing ground at Haydock last time and looks best watched in a race taken to go to Open de L'Isle. James Ewart's gelding can race off the same mark as when successful over hurdles at Hexham last time in December and he looks worth chancing back over the larger obstacles.
Jass 5-1fav (11-4) Chased leaders, weakening when mistake 4 out, 8th of 16, well behind Gidam Gidam (11-0) at Doncaster 4m hcp chs 0-140 (2) gs in Feb.
Open de L'Isle (FR) 5-1 (10-9) Made all, driven out, won at Hexham 2m hcp hdl 0-135 (3) hvy in Dec beating Leac An Scail (10-5) by 1 3/4l, 13 ran.
Silver Sedge (IRE) 7-1 (10-10) Held up in touch, pushed along after 4 out, weakened after next, 5th of 6, well behind Or de Grugy (10-7) at Kelso 2m 6f Amateur Handicap Chase (0-135) (5yo+) (3) sft in Feb.
Mr Prickle (IRE) 12-1 (11-10) In touch, hit 3 out and soon slightly outpaced by front pair, rallied from 2 out to challenge last, stayed on under pressure to lead towards finish, won at Warwick 2m 4f hcp ch 0-110 (4) sft in Jan beating Noun De La Thinte (12-0) by 1 3/4l, 8 ran.
Et Maintenant (FR) 11-1 (11-2) Tracked leader after 2nd until 3rd, led approaching 4 out, headed 2 out, weakened approaching last, 3rd of 7, 7l behind Fred Bojangals (10-5) at Ayr 2m hcp chs 0-135 (3) gd in Feb.
Malko de Beaumont (FR) 14-1 (10-7) In rear, ridden after 13th, well behind 16th, pulled up after 4 out, in a race won by Boris The Blade (10-4) at Haydock 3m 4f hcp chs 0-130 (3) hvy in Jan, 9 ran.
Jimmy Bond 50-1 (10-7) Soon behind, some headway 5 out, weakened next, pulled up before 3 out, in a race won by Its Teescomponents (10-1) at Newcastle 3m hcp chs 0-130 (3) sft in Jan, 12 ran.
Mage d'Estruval (FR) 12-1 (11-11) In touch, weakened from 4 out, 7th of 9, well behind Mister Marker (11-8) at Ayr 3m hcp hdl 0-105 (4) sft in Dec.
