in touch, chased leaders halfway, challeged 4 out, weakened last
close up, hit 9th, went 2nd on the 11th, weakened approaching 3 out
led, headed approaching 11th, weakening when blundered 12th
chased leaders, led approaching 11th, hit 2 out when clear, not fluent last, headed last 50 yards, no extra
held up mid-division, headway to track leaders 6th, weakened 12th
held up, not fluent early, headway to chase leaders 7th, ridden approaching 4 out, chased winner approaching last, stayed on to lead last 50 yards
towards rear, pushed along 7th, tailed off 11th, pulled up 13th
held up, headway approaching 12th, weakened 4 out
held up mid-division, hit 4th, headway and hit 7th, weakened 13th
towards rear, pushed along and blundered 9th, soon struggling
chased leaders when mistake 1st, soon lost place, struggling from 8th, tailed off when pulled up 13th
Sea Cadet has fair claims in a race that won't take a great deal of winning and is preferred to Ocarina and Jeringa. A host of these are unraced or have had just the odd start over fences and a market move for one of the unexposed runners would be of interest. Sea Cadet is one of the more exposed runners having had four starts over the larger obstacles, finishing second twice. He stays, appears to act on the ground well enough and should be involved. Ocarina is still unproven at this trip but he should stay this far and the form of his win at Musselburgh was given a boost when the second hacked up back at the same venue earlier in the week. He was a shade unfortunate to unseat last time as he appeared to stumble and he's respected. Jeringa showed improved form for the fitting of blinkers to win readily at Sedgefield over two and a half miles. It wasn't a great race and he has only gone up 6lbs in the handicap which is far from prohibitive and it would be no surprise to see him go close again now that he's found his form. A market check is advised but Sea Cadet gets the vote.
Cash King (IRE) 8-1 (10-13) Held up towards rear, mistake 5th and pulled up at the 6th in race won by Shardakhan (11-11) at Kempton 3m nov hcp chs 0-120 (3) sft, 12 ran.
Ocarina (FR) 7-2 (11-9) Held up mid-division, led briefly after 4 out, length down when unseated rider 2 out in race won by Corlande (11-8) at Market Rasen 2m 6f nov hcp chs 0-105 (4) sft in Dec, 9 ran.
Celebrity Call (IRE) 10-1 (11-5) Chased leader, hit 5th, lead 8th, headed when mistake 3 out, soon weakened, 10th of 12, well behind Gone To Lunch (10-9) at Uttoxeter 3m nov hdl (4) gf in Jun.
Jeringa 6-1 (11-6) Made all, ridden after 2 out, stayed on under pressure flat, won at Sedgefield 2m 4f hcp chs 0-95 (5) hvy beating Shulmin (10-4) by 4l, 8 ran.
Diamond Cutter (NZ) 40-1 (10-11) Mid-division, ridden after 6th, soon outpaced, no impression after, 7th of 18, 33l behind Big Rob (11-1) at Huntingdon 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-100 (4) gs in Dec.
Sea Cadet 9-1 (10-11) Held up, headway 5 out, led 2 out, ridden and headed last, kept on, 2nd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Hold The Bid (11-9) at Wetherby 3m 1f nov hcp chs 0-110 (4) gs in Dec.
Scott's Mill 11-1 (10-12) Towards rear, pushed along halfway, rallied 15th and in touch, one pace from 3 out, 4th of 14, 22l behind Tomillielou (10-10) at Sedgefield 3m 3f hcp chs 0-95 (5) gd in Dec.
Springaway 8-1 (10-3) Behind, driven and headway 17th, chased leaders 3 out, ridden and kept on same pace from next, 3rd of 10, 10l behind Blackergreen (11-1) at Sedgefield 3m 3f hcp chs 0-105 (4) gf in Jun.
My Skipper (IRE) 8-1 (11-11) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 4 out, 7th of 19, 31l behind Mylord Collonges (10-12) at Leicester 2m 4f hcp chs (5) gs.
Madam Harriet 5-1 (10-11) In touch, ridden 5th, weakened 3 out, 7th of 15, 21l behind Honour's Dream (11-10) at Warwick 2m 3f nov hcp hdl 0-90 (5) sft in Dec.
Alfabet Souk 28-1 (10-1) Behind, headway 3 out, ridden and stayed on from next, no impression, 3rd of 14, 12l behind Pagan Rules (10-12) at Sedgefield 2m 4f cnd nov hcp hdl (4) gs in Dec.
