in rear and tracked leaders, took keen hold, not fluent 4th, niggled along approaching 8th, blundered 5 out, soon weakened
tracked winner, pushed along before 4 out, ridden from 3 out, kept on from last, held towards finish
made all, clear before 4 out, ridden and kept up to his work towards finish, held on well
Cabbyl Do was returning from a lay-off at Ayr in January but is making his debut over fences here. Frontier Boy has shown little over hurdles and is another having his first start over the larger obstacles but Saddlers Deal and PRINCE TAM have plenty of experience and will probably dominate the finish here. The former got off the mark at the fifth attempt at Catterick last month and is only 3lb higher here. But he's still giving 20lb to the bottom weight, who clearly didn't give his true running when last of four at Wetherby latest and is better judged on a C&D victory previously - he gets the vote.
Saddlers Deal (IRE) 10-3 (10-11) Held up towards rear, pushed along after 4 out, ridden and headway before 2 out, stayed on from last, led post, won at Catterick 2m hcp chs 0-115 (4) gs in Feb beating Folk Tune (11-12) by hd, 7 ran.
Cabbyl Doo 33-1 (11-4) Held up in touch in 5th, pushed along and lost place after 4 out, 7th of 17, 39l behind Darna (11-11) at Ayr 2m nh nov hdl (4) gd in Jan.
Prince Tam 6-4fav (10-0) Close up, in 3rd and outpaced before 4 out, blundered 3 out, soon weakened, lost 3rd place last, last of 4, 38l behind Pamak D'airy (11-5) at Wetherby 2m hcp chs 0-115 (4) sft in Feb.
Frontier Boy (IRE) 14-1 (10-9) Held up mid-division, weakened before 8th, tailed off, 5th of 9, well behind Yes Tom (10-5) at Ayr 3m nov hdl (4) hvy in Feb.
