chased leaders on outside, not fluent 3rd or 4th, blundered 11th, soon lost touch, went remote 2nd before 3 out
chased leader, not fluent 5th, lost 2nd and not fluent 11th, struggling 12th, behind from next, pulled up before 3 out
chased leaders, not fluent 2nd, went 2nd 11th, led 13th, clear after 4 out, easily
led, not fluent 8th, headed 13th, weakened after 4 out, pulled up before 3 out
Minella Trump (IRE) 33-1 (11-8) Chased leaders, pushed along 4 out, no response and soon held, 5th of 7, 24 1/2l behind Flegmatik (11-5) at Kempton 3m hcp (2) gs in Jan.
Floueur (FR) 25-1 (12-0) Close 3rd, went 2nd after 1st until 12th, chased leaders, lost 3rd before 3 out, weakened 3 out, stumbled badly last, 5th of 7, 29 1/2l behind Special Rate (11-2) at Kelso 2m 7f hcp (3) sft in Jan.
Omar Maretti (IRE) 25-1 (11-8) Close up in rear, tracked leaders 4th, ridden to chase winner 4 out until next, weakened 2 out, 4th of 6, 20l behind Robyndzone (10-3) at Haydock 3m 4f hcp (2) hvy in Dec.
Bushypark (IRE) 13-2 (12-0) Led until not fluent 12th, led next, jumped right 19th, headed after 4 out, weakened before 3 out, tailed off, 5th of 8, dist behind Track And Trace (11-1) at Catterick 3m 6f hcp (3) sft in Jan.