held up in rear, headway 5 out, left challenging 3 out, led narrowly last, soon headed, held towards finish
held up, not fluent 1st or 3rd, headway 7th, beaten when hampered and left 3rd 3 out, weakened next
in touch, went 2nd 4 out, 3 lengths down when left in lead 3 out, narrowly headed last, soon led again, stayed on
led, not fluent 1st, soon headed, lost place 4th, headway 8th, outpaced next, well beaten 5 out, tailed off
prominent, ridden in 3rd 4 out, weakening when hampered next
led after 1st, hit 4th, not fluent and jumped left 8th, 3 lengths clear when fell 3 out
prominent, lost place 5 out, weakened next
held up, not fluent 3rd, mistake 6th, brought down 8th
held up, in touch when fell 8th
Fairwood Massini arrives in great form after victories at Ffos Las and Stratford, though the hat-trick may be beyond him off his new mark. Sean Airgead has been raised 8lb since a narrow win at Cartmel while Sergeant Pink is 3lb higher than when just beaten at Perth last time. Violets Boy is interesting if reproducing recent useful form at Market Rasen, however, and Tregaro was a comfortable winner of a four-runner race over 2m4f here last time, though races from out of the handicap in this higher grade. BUCK MULLIGAN is back on a winning mark and eased in class so there's every chance he'll find his way back into the winner's enclosure sooner rather than later- he gets a tentative vote.
Buck Mulligan 12-1 (10-9) Held up towards rear, headway approaching 3 out, never on terms, no impression next, 7th of 11, 10l behind The Disengager (11-12) at Newton Abbot 2m 5f listed hcp chs (1) gd in Aug.
Fairwood Massini (IRE) 11-8fav (11-2) Tracked leaders, mistake 12th, led 4 out, 5 lengths ahead when not fluent last, driven out, won at Stratford 2m 7f hcp chs 0-125 (3) gf beating Henry San (11-12) by 2 1/4l, 4 ran.
Sergeant Pink (IRE) 7-1 (10-7) Tracked leaders in 3rd, went 2nd before 8th, mistake 4 out, ridden before and led 2 out, headed before last, kept on and every chance run-in, just held close home, 2nd of 6, hd behind Scotch Warrior (10-5) at Perth 2m 4f hcp chs 0-140 (3) gd.
Sir Frank (IRE) 14-1 (10-4) Prominent, led 2nd, headed 11th, weakened 2 out, tailed off, 10th of 16, well behind Noble Legend (11-1) at Haydock 2m 6f hcp chs (2) gs in Mar.
Violets Boy (IRE) 11-4 (11-9) Tracked leaders, not fluent 1st, lost place before approaching 3rd, not fluent 7th, headway 9th, one pace before last, 3rd of 7, 5l behind Rockiteer (11-7) at Market Rasen 2m 4f hcp chs 0-120 (4) gd in Aug.
Next Oasis (IRE) 10-3 (11-5) Blundered badly 1st, mid-division, weakened after 6th, pulled up before next, in a race won by De Faoithesdream (11-12) at Newton Abbot 2m nov hcp chs 0-120 (4) gf in Aug, 7 ran.
That's The Deal (IRE) 7-2 (10-12) Tracked leaders, ridden 10th, weakened 4 out, 4th of 6, 37l behind Callhimwhatyouwant (10-8) at Southwell 2m 4f hcp chs 0-120 (4) gd.
Father Shine (IRE) 10-1 (10-4) Held up towards rear, went 3rd from 9th, weakened before 2 out, 4th of 6, 19l behind Sean Airgead (11-7) at Cartmel 2m 5f hcp chs 0-130 (3) gd in Aug.
Tregaro (FR) 6-1 (10-0) Ran without declared tongue strap, held up in 4th, headway 11th, challenged going well 4 out, led 2 out, clear flat, easily, won at Uttoxeter 2m 4f hcp chs 0-120 (4) gd beating Larks Lad (11-12) by 12l, 4 ran.
Sean Airgead (IRE) 4-1 (11-7) In rear, mistake 1st, headway before 11th, went 3rd 3 out, went 2nd after last and going well, led before elbow over 1f out, soon ridden, headed run-in, kept on gamely to regain lead towards finish, won at Cartmel 2m 5f hcp chs 0-130 (3) gd in Aug beating Supreme Duke (9-11) by 3/4l, 6 ran.
