led, blundered 9th, blundered badly 11th, headed next, ridden 4 out, hit next, rallied flat, just held
chased leaders, reminded and pushed along after 8th, soon struggling, pulled up before 10th
chased leader, led 12th, ridden approaching 4 out, hard ridden last, just held on
soon well behind, tailed off
Wild Cane Ridge was pulled out of a tougher race earlier this week and looks to have been found a decent opportunity to follow up his debut success in a race where King Killone and Galero look to be the main dangers. The selection showed progressive form over hurdles last season and trainer Len Lungo has wasted no time in putting the son of Roselier over the larger obstacles. The six-year-old did everything asked of him when scoring here over 2m4f two weeks ago and there should be more to come from him over today's longer trip. See You There showed promise on his return last month but needs to improve and a greater threat is likely to come from King Killone, who was still in with every chance when falling at the last at Market Rasen last time. Howard Johnson's Galero has done nothing wrong in limited starts over hurdles and is interesting on his chasing bow but Wild Cane Ridge looks a useful recruit to the novice ranks and is taken to defy his penalty.
Wild Cane Ridge (IRE) 4-6fav (11-6) Made all, ran on strongly from 2 out, comfortably, won at Newcastle 2m 4f beg chs (E) gs beating Eskimo Pie (11-6) by 8l, 7 ran.
Galero 9-2 (11-3) Tracked leaders, ridden after 3 out, led approaching last and held on, won at Musselburgh 2m 4f nov hcp hdl 0-110 (D) gf in Feb beating Another Deckie (11-4) by a nk, 9 ran.
King Killone (IRE) 4-1 (10-13) Tracked leaders, led 4 out, headed and about half a length down when fell at the last in race won by Julius Caesar (10-13) at Market Rasen 2m 6f beg chs (E) gs, 9 ran.
More Flair 6-4fav (12-0) won at Aspatria 3m ptp gd in May '04 beating General Jake (12-5) by 12l, 7 ran.
See You There (IRE) 9-2 (10-11) Mid-division, headway 11th, ridden to chase leaders 3 out, stayed on to go 2nd approaching last, no chance with winner, 2nd of 10, 19l behind Model Son (11-1) at Carlisle 3m nov chs (C) hvy in Oct.
Dark Diva 50-1 (10-9) In touch, pushed along 12th, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up 4 out in race won by Bewleys Berry (11-2) at Wetherby 3m 1f beg chs (E) gs, 7 ran.
