Formwatch

Precious Man (FR) 9-4fav (11-5) Travelled strongly, held up in rear, headway after 3 out, hampered 2 out, went second going best rounding home turn, bad mistake when every chance last, plugged on same pace run-in, 2nd of 8, 3 3/4l behind One Horse Town (11-0) at Cheltenham 2m (1) hvy in Nov.

Bruce Banner (IRE) 33-1 (11-2) Held up in touch, progress before 3 out, led 2 out, soon driven, kept on well run-in, won at Musselburgh 2m mdn (4) gs in Nov beating Keyboard (11-2) by 2 1/4l, 8 ran.

Dissident 9-2 (11-4) Made most, briefly headed 2 out, led again before jumped left last, faced sustained challenge run-in, all out and just held on final strides, won at Doncaster 2m 1f mdn (4) gs in Dec beating Donegal (11-4) by nk, 8 ran.

Wertpol (IRE) 9-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, went second at 5th, pressed leader before 2 out where not fluent, soon ridden, led before last where jumped right, ran on well and cleared away run-in, won at Taunton 2m (4) gd in Dec beating My Kinda Ghaiy (11-0) by 4 1/4l, 11 ran.