mid-division, headway 3 out, mistake 2 out, soon went 2nd and switched right, not fluent last, challenged flat, held towards finish
tracked leaders, jumped left 3rd, went 2nd 3 out, led 2 out, ridden and pressed flat, stayed on well, holding 2nd towards finish
took keen hold, pressed leader, led and wandered into 3rd, soon headed, led after 4th, headed 2 out, weakened last
led until before 3rd, left in lead 4th, soon headed, not fluent 5th, weakened after 3 out, tailed off
always in rear, well behind 3 out, tailed off
mid-division, headway 3 out, weakened before 2 out
held up in rear, pulled hard, saddle soon slipped, closed after 2nd, led next, pulled up before 4th
Alien Storm made a winning debut over hurdles when scoring at Plumpton recently. But he was beaten in a bumper at the same track before that by INVICTUS DE BRION and the latter makes his hurdling bow with every chance on these terms. Attacca is another hurdling for the first time but is related to several winners over jumps and finished runner-up in a bumper back in March while Celtic Art is a decent handicapper on the Flat and debuts in this code.
Alien Storm (IRE) 4-1 (10-13) Towards rear, in touch, headway into close 3rd before 2 out, hung left jumping 2 out, led last, pushed out and drifted left run-in, forged clear readily, won at Plumpton 2m (4) gs in Oct beating Our Champ (10-13) by 4 1/4l, 5 ran.
Attacca (IRE) 4-1 (10-8) Chased leaders, ran green and went 2nd over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not pace to challenge, 2nd of 12, 2 3/4l behind Are U Wise To That (11-4) at Warwick 2m mdn (5) gd in Mar.
Celtic Art (FR) 66-1 (9-8) Slowly into stride, off the pace and always towards rear, behind and struggling in rear over 2f out, tailed off, last of 11, 9 1/2l behind Surrey Mist (9-4) at Windsor 1m 3f hcp (3) gd in Oct.
Invictus De Brion (FR) 13-8 (10-12) Chased leader, led over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, soon faced strong challenge, stayed on well to assert closing stages, won at Plumpton 2m 2f (5) gd in Sep beating Alien Storm (10-12) by 1 1/2l, 4 ran.
Iskar D'airy (FR) 10-1 (11-3) Always in rear, tailed off, last of 9, dist behind Kaleb (11-3) at Fakenham 2m mdn (4) gd in Oct.
Tellmesomethingood (IRE) Walk In The Park gelding out of Norabelle.
Tenfold (IRE) 125-1 (11-1) Never closer than mid-division, 13th of 17, 34 1/4l behind Mrs Meader (10-10) at Newbury 1m 4f hcp (5) hvy in Oct.
