held up in rear, steady headway on outside 5th, chased winner 8th, ridden and kept on same pace in clear 2nd from 2 out, no impression
led when not fluent 1st, headed before next, in touch, not fluent again and reminder after 4th, lost place 7th, weakened before 3 out
soon chased leaders, lost place when reminders after 7th, tailed off 3 out
led before 2nd, tended to jump right, made rest, driven clear from 3 out, stayed on well, comfortably
chased leaders, mistake 3rd, outpaced in 3rd after 3 out, kept on same pace, no chance with front pair
in touch, chased winner briefly after 4th, behind next, no danger after
mistake 1st, behind, jumped slowly 5th, plugged on to take moderate 4th 3 out, no chance with leaders
held up in touch, chased clear leaders 4 out, soon outpaced, weakened next
Safari Journey would have made short work of these a few years ago but is a shadow of his former self and hasn't won a race for more than four years. Dark And Dangerous goes on the short-list, however, having had a pipe-opener on the all-weather last month while Topthorn would have claims if his latest run at Leicester were ignored. Pindar won at Sedgefield in September but it may not pay to take that form at face value. CANGO hasn't shown much under Rules so far but has definitely improved between the flags this autumn and should be a different proposition second time around. This is a drop in trip but the likely strong pace will suit. Cavite Eta has a long absence to overcome.
Safari Journey (USA) 14-1 (11-5) Held up in rear, modest headway 3 out, soon weakened, 9th of 14, 30l behind Funky Munky (11-1) at Catterick 2m 3f con hcp hdl 0-110 (4) gd.
Dark And Dangerous (IRE) (11-10) 2nd of 4, 12l behind Reach Out (9-3) at Les Landes(JER) 2m hcp hdl gf in Jul.
Cavite Eta (IRE) 7-2 (11-12) Held up, went 2nd 5th, not fluent 9th, outpaced before 2 out, stayed on well flat, 4th of 6, 2 1/4l behind Monbeg (10-3) at Sedgefield 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-110 (4) sft in Nov '13.
Cango (IRE) 5-2 (12-2) Tr ldrs, 3rd 1/2way, jnd ldr 6out, wo sn aftr, jnd & hdd 2out, not qckn with ldrs sn aftr, wknd last, 4th of 18, 17l behind Corrigs (11-6) at Ballinaboola 3m ire ptp in Nov.
Topthorn 12-1 (10-2) Towards rear, weakened before 4 out, 7th of 10, 31l behind Malibu Sun (11-9) at Leicester 2m hcp chs 0-120 (4) gd.
Tinseltown 25-1 (11-1) Held up towards rear, ridden and struggling when hampered 6th, soon well behind, tailed off, 10th of 14, well behind Funky Munky (11-1) at Catterick 2m 3f con hcp hdl 0-110 (4) gd.
Yourholidayisover (IRE) 25-1 (10-10) In rear, headway before 4 out, chased leaders, weakened 2 out, 9th of 10, 41l behind Un Anjou (11-3) at Musselburgh 2m hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Nov.
Pindar (GER) 20-1 (10-0) Held up towards rear, headway before 7th, joined leader 10th, led 3 out, kept on well, won at Sedgefield 2m hcp 0-100 (5) gd in Sep beating Muwalla (11-5) by 4l, 7 ran.
