held up last, not fluent 4th, outpaced 4 out, gained a place before 3 out, stayed on into remote 3rd towards finish
raced wide, alternated 2nd and 3rd place, dropped to 3rd before 3 out, weakened into remote 4th towards finish
alternated 2nd and 3rd place, outright 2nd before 3 out, ridden and not fluent 2 out, soon hung left under pressure, stayed on same pace run-in, well held
off the pace in 4th, outpaced 4 out, ridden and lost remote 4th before 3 out, tailed off
made all, reminder after 4 out, clear from 3 out, ridden before next, driven between last two, awkward at the last, driven out
Bumper winner Shomen Uchi was only beaten a head at Huntingdon on his hurdling bow. Dan Skelton trained the winner on that occasion and takes on the former with SNIPE, who was still in contention and travelling well when falling at Southwell last time. He’s been given time to recover and gets another chance in this. Keable is expected to improve on last month’s debut fourth at Ludlow and looks best of the rest.
Blackwater (IRE) 25-1 (11-4) Mid-division, 8th halfway, not fluent 4 out and pushed along, no impression from next, 9th of 15, dist behind Corbetts Cross (11-12) at Limerick 2m 5f mdn Soft - Heavy in Dec.
Hurricane Le Dun (FR) 125-1 (11-4) Rear mid-division, pushed along 3 out, no impression, 7th of 15, dist behind Saint Davy (11-4) at Chepstow 2m 3f mdn (4) gs in Dec.
Keable (IRE) 33-1 (11-8) Keen, held up in midfield, ridden to chase leaders before 3 out, awkward 2 out, kept on same pace approaching last, 4th of 15, 11 1/4l behind Egbert (11-8) at Ludlow 2m 5f mdn (4) sft in Jan.
King Codi (IRE) 50-1 (11-8) In touch, ridden 5f out, weakened over 4f out, tailed off, 8th of 11, dist behind Sole Solution (12-1) at Ffos Las 2m (5) hvy in Jan.
Snipe (IRE) 85-40fav (11-8) Held up, headway tracking leaders when fell 3 out, at Southwell 3m hcp (4) gd in Nov.
Mumbles (IRE) 18-1 (11-8) Went left 1st, mid-division out wide, went remote 5th and mistake last, 5th of 10, 34 1/2l behind Hermes Du Gouet (11-8) at Exeter 2m 1f mdn (4) hvy in Jan.
Shomen Uchi (FR) 7-2 (11-4) Prominent, every chance from 3 out, ridden 2 out, driven and ran on flat, 2nd of 15, hd behind Heezer Geezer (11-4) at Hereford 2m 4f mdn (4) sft in Dec.
