held up towards rear, headway 8th, left 2nd and pecked 3 out, ridden and about 1 length down when mistake last, no impression after
in rear, behind 8th, left 4th 3 out
chased leaders, ridden before 8th, about 4 lengths 4th when brought down 3 out
led until mistake 2nd, mistake and lost place 5th, reminder after not fluent 7th, well beaten from 9th, left 3rd and hampered 3 out
prominent, led 2nd, headed 7th, led before 3 out, driven from 2 out, 1 length ahead when 2nd made mistake last, eased close home
held up towards rear, mistake 1st, fell 4th
prominent, led 7th, not fluent next, headed and about 1 length down when fell 3 out
Court Jurado has place claims again with cheekpieces added today but has little in hand on Simon The Great on Stratford running. Giga White can build on a first run over fences at Newton Abbot but Kiruna Peak has yet to show much aptitude for jumping fences. LAKE BAIKAL showed a nice turn of foot to score at Perth and, with likely more to come, can defy a 4lb rise.
Lake Baikal (FR) 5-1 (11-7) Midfield, switched to outside and pushed along approaching three out, headway two out where not fluent, edged right at last, led on run-in and stayed on strongly closing stages, won at Perth 2m hcp (5) gd in Jul beating Vino's Choice (11-1) by 3l, 11 ran.
Simon The Great 28-1 (11-10) Held up towards rear, headway chasing leaders before 4 out, went 3rd 2 out, stayed on same pace run-in, 3rd of 13, 4 1/2l behind Getawaytonewbay (11-6) at Stratford 2m 1f hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Sir Tivo (FR) 100-1 (10-7) Disputed the lead, responded for pressure approaching 2 out, headed when still disputing the lead after the last, 5th of 14, 2 1/4l behind Purple King (11-12) at Southwell 2m hcp (4) gd in Aug.
Court Jurado (IRE) 13-8fav (11-5) Chased leaders on inside, led before 4 out, headed 2 out, chased winner, well held, 2nd of 13, 3 3/4l behind Getawaytonewbay (11-6) at Stratford 2m 1f hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Kiruna Peak (IRE) 3-1 (11-5) Held up, slow 1st, awkward 3rd, headway 9th, ridden when not fluent 3 out, awkward 2 out, plugged on, 4th of 7, 23 1/4l behind Peterborough (11-12) at Newton Abbot 2m hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Giga White (IRE) 6-1 (10-7) Held up in rear, headway 11th, close up approaching 2nd last, pressed leader last, wandered slightly last, ran on, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Cheltenam De Vaige (11-9) at Newton Abbot 2m 5f hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Swarez (IRE) 20-1 (10-9) Held up towards rear, pushed along and no impression in 11th after 3 out, ridden and keeping on one pace when slight mistake last, 8th of 14, 24l behind Whoyakodding (11-11) at Tramore 2m 5f hcp sft in Aug.
