tracked winner, mistake 4th, ridden 3 out, soon weakened
made most, hit 2 out, ridden and ran on
tracked leaders, ridden 3 out, soon weakened
held up in rear, jumped left 4 out, outpaced next, tailed off
not fluent, held up, ridden and headway 3 out, no impression after, hit last
tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner 2 out, kept on one pace
keen tracked leaders, not fluent 3rd, soon in rear, ridden and struggling from 4 out, pulled up 2 out
Jukebox Jive and Sussex Ranger both made winning starts over hurdles at Fontwell but Anthony Honeyball’s charge holds the latter on collateral form and also has the beating of Quothquan. He does have to give 5lb to some potentially-useful juveniles, however, including three winners on the Flat. Night Of Glory was rated 96 on the level and stayed at least 1m4f, as did First Quest though he was rated 25lb lower. TOMMY HALLINAN never finished out of the frame in Ireland and won a rated race at Cork in May. He is now with Paul Nicholls and closely related to a winning hurdler so can make a winning debut over jumps.
Jukebox Jive (FR) 4-5fav (10-12) Led to 5th, led again before 4 out, ridden before 2 out, kept on well towards finish, driven out, won at Fontwell 2m 2f (4) gs in Nov beating Lisp (10-12) by 3 1/2l, 8 ran.
Sussex Ranger (USA) 13-8 (10-12) Made all, not fluent 3 out, driven clear flat, stayed on well, won at Fontwell 2m 2f (4) gd in Oct beating Kozier (10-12) by 8l, 9 ran.
Esprit De Somoza (FR) Irish Wells gelding out of Topaze De Somoza.
First Quest (USA) 12-1 (9-1) In touch, headway over 2f out,ridden to chase clear winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 13, 2 1/4l behind Hajaam (9-10) at Yarmouth 1m 3f hcp (5) gs in Oct.
Night Of Glory 5-2fav (8-6) Tracked leaders, niggled along over 5f out, ridden over 3f out, edged left over 2f out, one pace and beaten over 1f out, 5th of 7, 5 1/2l behind Blakeney Point (9-2) at Leicester 1m 4f hcp (2) sft in Oct.
Quothquan (FR) 8-1 (10-12) Held up towards rear, mistake 4 out, headway after 3 out, went 3rd before last, one pace, 3rd of 8, 17 1/2l behind Jukebox Jive (10-12) at Fontwell 2m 2f (4) gs in Nov.
Tommy Hallinan (IRE) 5-1 (8-9) Made all, pushed along 2f out, ridden over 1f out, under pressure and kept on well inside final furlong, edged left close home, won at Cork 1m 2f gf in May beating Chronicles (9-1) by 1l, 4 ran.
