held up off the pace towards rear, headway chasing leaders 5th, weakened turning in, tailed off
chased leaders on inside and pushed along at times, jumped slowly 2nd, awkward next, pushed along and outpaced before home straight, plugged on into moderate 3rd after omitted last
led briefly after 1st, chased leader until before 2nd, went 2nd again turning in, ridden bypassing omitted 3 out, stayed on after omitted last, always held
chased leaders in 4th, lost place before 2nd, towards rear and never on terms after, tailed off
held up off the pace on last pair and raced keenly, headway tracking leaders 4th, close 3rd going well bypassing omitted 2 out, ridden and hung left before bypassing omitted last, weakened into 4th soon after
chased leaders, went 2nd before 2nd until pushed along turning in, ridden and weakened after bypassing omitted 3 out, tailed off
held up in rear, good headway tracking leaders in home straight, led bypassing omitted 2 out, stayed on well and always doing enough
always rear-division, pushed along and struggling before home turn, tailed off
led after 1st, ridden and headed before bypassing omitted 2 out, weakened quickly
NonRunner
Hard To Forget has been struggling over fences but hasn’t run over hurdles since pulled up at Warwick a little under a year ago. Auenwirbel hasn’t been beaten far the last twice but is only a plater. This may be too far for Caswell Bay so we’ll take a chance on RED LION LAD, who is among the least exposed and hasn’t taken to chasing this season. He placed here and at Exeter last term over the smaller obstacles. Kenyan Cowboy won over 2m4f here in November so can’t be ignored.
Rabski (IRE) 11-1 (11-8) Chased leaders, weakened after 3 out, 11th of 14, 33 3/4l behind Glimpse Of Gala (11-8) at Warwick 2m 5f hcp (4) sft in Dec.
Red Lion Lad (IRE) 7-1 (11-12) Raced on inner, chased leader until hit 5th and reminder, chased leaders, mistake next, blundered and unseated rider 7th, at Ffos Las 3m hcp (4) hvy in Jan.
Caswell Bay 11-2 (11-5) Chased leaders on outside, lost place 4th, well beaten before 3 out, 6th of 11, 15l behind Straight Swap (11-2) at Chepstow 2m 3f hcp (4) hvy in Jan.
Hard To Forget (IRE) 10-1 (11-9) Close up, lost place 12th, outpaced next, rallied 2 out, kept on, 4th of 9, 23l behind I See You Well (11-12) at Plumpton 3m 2f hcp (4) gs in Dec.
Delgany Monarch (IRE) 33-1 (11-0) Towards rear, headway into mid-division before 3 out, ridden and gradually weakened home turn, 7th of 16, 25 1/4l behind Ardhill (10-10) at Ascot 3m hcp (4) gs in Dec.
Le Tueur (IRE) 12-1 (11-12) Chased leader, pushed along 5 out, weakened 4 out when not fluent, pulled up after 2 out, at Uttoxeter 3m hcp (5) hvy in Dec.
Lanspark (IRE) 16-1 (11-9) Held up, ridden and outpaced before 3 out, pulled up, at Uttoxeter 2m 6f hcp (5) gs in Dec.
Kenyan Cowboy (IRE) 11-1 (11-6) Tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced before 3 out, kept on after 2 out, rallied after last hurdle, not reach leaders, 3rd of 17, 3 1/2l behind Kazontherazz (11-4) at Uttoxeter 2m 6f hcp (5) gs in Dec.
The Lion Dancer (IRE) 28-1 (11-9) Mid-division, headway chasing leaders before 12th, driven along in remote 3rd after 3 out, weakened into 4th at the last, lost that placing run-in, 5th of 9, dist behind Pemberley (11-12) at Warwick 3m hcp (4) sft in Dec.
Auenwirbel (GER) 4-1 (10-13) Held up, pushed along to make headway 2 out, soon outpaced, kept on from last in 3rd, not reach leaders, 3rd of 13, 4 1/4l behind Ali Star Bert (10-12) at Uttoxeter 2m 7f hcp (5) hvy in Dec.
