held up in touch, lost place 6th, strugggling 12th, tailed off
tracked leaders, led last, hard driven flat, just prevailed
led until mistake 6th, outpaced 12th, soon weakened, pulled up before 2 out
in touch, jumped slowly 3rd and reminders, every chance 3 out, weakened before next, tailed off
prominent, led 6th, headed 9th, led 10th, headed approaching 12th, blundered 4 out, led 2 out, headed last, stayed on, just held
held up in rear, not fluent 2nd, headway before 7th, jumped slowly next, mistake 12th, not fluent 4 out, led approaching 2 out, mistake at fence and headed, weakened last
prominent, not fluent 2nd, lost place 5th, reminders 8th, weakened approaching 12th, pulled up before 3 out
held up, headway 4th, challenged 6th, led 9th, stumbled on bend soon after, headed 10th, led approaching 12th, headed before 2 out, soon weakened
Nonrunner
Orion Star won this last year, his second C&D victory of the summer, but has been in such poor form lately that he's difficult to fancy. Dunkelly Castle stayed on strongly to score at Ffos Las but a 7lb rise makes this more difficult and Rivermouth looks more of a threat after a fine run over 2m6f here last time when Peyekashe was behind. NUDGE AND NURDLE hasn't won a race for almost three years and isn't in the best of form but he's slipped to such an inviting mark that a chance is taken on him returning to something like his old form. Midnight Gold is 11lb higher than when scoring at Worcester in June but still looks capable of a big run in a moderate event.
Midnight Gold 3-1fav (11-2) Tracked leaders, left 2nd 11th until after 3 out, stayed on same pace, 4th of 7, 6l behind Papradon (10-11) at Worcester 2m 7f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Aug.
Nudge And Nurdle (IRE) 8-1 (11-11) Last trio, reminders and struggling 10th, mistake 11th, tailed off when pulled up after 13th, in a race won by River D'or (11-5) at Fontwell 3m 2f hcp ch 0-110 (4) gd in Apr, 7 ran.
Doctor Ric (IRE) 9-2 (11-5) Led, not fluent and headed 5th, stayed handy, lost place from 4 out, no impression after, 6th of 11, 17l behind Ray Diamond (11-6) at Fontwell 2m 2f nov hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Jun.
Peyekashe (FR) 7-1 (11-9) Tracked leaders, not fluent 4th, lost place after 6th, no impression on leaders from 2 out, 5th of 12, 12l behind Zhukov (11-1) at Fontwell 2m 6f hcp 0-100 (5) gd in Aug.
Persian Run (IRE) 12-1 (10-11) Held up in touch, outpaced 4 out, no impression after, 5th of 7, 7l behind Papradon (10-11) at Worcester 2m 7f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Aug.
Changing Lanes 10-1 (11-12) Held up in rear, ridden after 3 out, never on terms with leaders, 6th of 12, 19l behind Zhukov (11-1) at Fontwell 2m 6f hcp 0-100 (5) gd in Aug.
Orion Star (IRE) 5-1 (10-9) Mid-division, lost place 2nd, not fluent next, ridden 5th, mistake 9th, pulled up after 11th, in a race won by Double Chocolate (11-10) at Fontwell 3m 2f hcp ch 0-110 (4) gd in Jun, 7 ran.
Burnt Again (IRE) 20-1 (10-8) Led or disputed led to 5th, tracked leader to 7th, outpaced when not fluent 3 out, soon behind, 4th of 6, 29l behind Patsy Cline (11-2) at Fontwell 2m 6f nov hcp 0-115 (4) gd in Aug.
Dunkelly Castle (IRE) 6-1 (11-2) Chased leaders, jumped slolwy 1st, not fluent 4th and ridden along, rallied 6th, led before 10th, edged right approaching 2 out, driven out, won at Ffos Las 3m hcp 0-100 (5) gs in Aug beating Tin Pot Man (11-7) by 1l, 6 ran.
Rivermouth 25-1 (11-1) Tracked leaders, went 2nd before 7th, led 4 out, headed 2 out, held towards finish, 2nd of 12, 1 3/4l behind Zhukov (11-1) at Fontwell 2m 6f hcp 0-100 (5) gd in Aug.
