jumped well, made most, ridden and ran on flat
in touch, tracked leaders 5th, chased winner 11th until 2 out, kept on same pace
in touch in rear, headway 13th, ridden to chase winner 2 out, kept on one pace flat, lost 2nd near finish
tracked winner, not fluent 9th, tracked leaders 11th, weakened 2 out
raced in snatches close up, lost place 7th, ridden 3 out, 6th 2 out, driven and ran on strongly flat to snatch 2nd near finish
tracked leaders, mistake 7th, lost place 12th, not a danger after
in touch in rear, headway 2 out, hit next, kept on one pace
Guanciale won over hurdles last month but never recovered after slipping and losing his place at Leicester back over fences last time. A clear round could see him figure but LARTETA gets one more chance. A losing favourite on a couple of occasions now, he may well come good in this dropped a couple of pounds by the handicapper. Steel Summit has struggled back over hurdles since scoring over fences at Wetherby and looks best of the rest reverting to chasing.
Steel Summit (IRE) 6-1 (11-4) Tracked leaders, closed 5th, ridden and one pace 3 out, blundered next, no extra before last, 4th of 8, 16l behind Unefille De Guye (9-13) at Exeter 2m 3f cond nov hcp hdl 0-100 (5) gs.
Larteta (FR) 2-1fav (11-5) Tracked leaders, driven and outpaced in 4th after 4 out, no impression from next, left 3rd at last, 3rd of 7, 10l behind Snowell (11-8) at Leicester 2m nov hcp chs 0-105 (4) gs.
Guanciale 11-1 (10-3) Mid-division, headway 4th, driven when not fluent 3 out, weakened next, eased, 6th of 8, well behind Stellar Notion (11-8) at Leicester 2m nov hcp chs 0-120 (4) gs in Nov.
Whiskey Chaser (IRE) 9-1 (10-12) Tracked leader, ridden before 2 out, soon weakened, 4th of 10, 41l behind Mister Spingsprong (10-12) at Hexham 2m nov hdl (4) hvy in May.
Donapollo 100-1 (10-9) Always towards rear, struggling 3 out, never on terms, tailed off, 8th of 13, 47l behind Arpege D'alene (11-0) at Ascot 2m 3f NH mdn hdl (3) gs in Nov.
Expanding Universe (IRE) 6-1 (10-11) Held up towards rear, pushed along and struggling before 3 out, never on terms, last of 10, 31l behind Mont Royale (11-4) at Warwick 2m 3f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) sft in Nov.
Diamond Tammy (IRE) 20-1 (12-0) (cp) (h) a bhnd; to when ur 14, in a race won by Pateese (12-0) at Point-to-Point Owners & Riders C 3m ptp gs, 17 ran.
