tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden approaching 4 out, weakened from 2 out
held up in rear and keen, weakened from approaching 6 out, pulled up after 5 out
tracked leader and keen, led 8th, ridden and mistake last, kept on well
held up towards rear, headway 8th, chased winner approaching 3 out, soon ridden, kept on, always held
tracked leaders, hit 1st, chased winner after 10th until approachiong 3 out, no extra from next
Ferdy Murphy's PISTOL BASC won well here over three miles last month and can follow up that success despite having gone up 10lb in the weights following that earlier victory. Rose Dobbin's Guns And Butter faces no easy task giving weight away all round and of more interest may be Micky Hammond's Archie's Wish, who is closely matched with the selection on running here last time but he may not appreciate the drop in trip. Northern Quest has been given a chance by the handicapper ahead of his reappearance but has yet to prove that he stays this far, while John Wade's Jeringa is hard to recommend following his most recent outing but does represent a yard in form. Sue Smith's You Know Yourself completes the sextet but makes limited appeal on recent form over hurdles.
Guns And Butter (IRE) 28-1 (11-2) In touch, not fluent 7th, ridden 11th, weakened 2 out, 7th of 12, 43l behind Deuteronomy (10-4) at Haydock 2m 4f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Oct.
Northern Quest (IRE) 9-1 (11-8) Chased leaders, outpaced 4 out, stayed on from 2 out, not quite get 3rd, 4th of 8, 5l behind Silver Steel (11-6) at Uttoxeter 2m hcp chs 0-110 (4) gd in Oct '09.
You Know Yourself (IRE) 9-1 (10-8) In touch, not much room bend after 7th, lost place 4 out, soon behind, 8th of 17, well behind Corso Palladio (11-0) at Aintree 3m nov hcp hdl 0-120 (3) gs in Oct.
Pistol Basc (FR) 7-1 (11-3) In touch in 5th, went 3rd approaching 4 out, ridden to chase leader approaching 2 out, led approaching last, stay on strongly flat, eased towards finish, won at Wetherby 2m 6f hcp 0-90 (5) gd in Oct beating Archie's Wish (11-3) by 6l, 9 ran.
Jeringa 14-1 (10-9) Led, headed 11th, soon weakened, pulled up before 4 out, in a race won by Killard Point (11-9) at Wetherby 3m 1f hcp chs 0-115 (4) sft in Apr, 8 ran.
Archie's Wish 9-2fav (11-3) Tracked leaders on outer, led 12th, headed 5 out, regaining lead 4 out, under pressure and blundered 2 out, soon headed, kept on, no chance with winner, 2nd of 9, 6l behind Pistol Basc (11-3) at Wetherby 2m 6f hcp 0-90 (5) gd in Oct.
