tracked leaders, ridden along after 4 out, stayed on well home straight and 3rd jumping the last, stayed on strongly run-in, not enough
led early stages, headed and tracked leader after 3rd, ridden along home turn, rallied and 3rd when not fluent 3 out, kept on strongly and led last, hung left run-in and headed
tracked leader, led after 3rd, disputed lead after 5th, chased leader after 10th, ridden after 11th, well held after 3 out
mid-division, headway turning for home and pressed leader 3 out, led 2 out, headed last, kept on gamely and left in the lead close home
held up in rear, not fluent 9th, mistake 12th, soon ridden and not fluent again 5 out, stayed on past beaten horses after 3 out but never involved
mid-division, ridden along and struggling 4 out, well held when fell last
mid-division, towards rear and pushed along 12th, ridden and detached before 3 out
tracked leader, very keen early stages and disputed lead 5th, led outright 10th, ridden approaching 3 out when pressed, soon headed, weakened after 2 out
always in rear, jumped with little fluency throughout, pulled up before 10th
BROADCLYST makes a quick reappearance after falling at Wincanton on Boxing Day. He was a close third off this mark at Exeter last month and is eased in grade today. Little Red Lion ground out a victory in bottomless ground at Lingfield so conditions won’t be a problem but a switch to fences would need to reinvigorate the disappointing Sunny Express. Dunbar is 0-12 under Rules but stablemate Robin Of Sherwood can’t be ignored and Oski is another possibility.
Broadclyst (IRE) 5-1 (11-8) Tracked leaders, fell 10th, at Wincanton 3m 1f hcp (3) sft in Dec.
Oski (IRE) 6-1 (11-4) Held up towards rear, hit 9th, headway 10th, ridden and disputing 3 lengths 3rd when fell 2 out, at Hereford 2m 5f hcp (4) gs in Nov.
Some Detail (IRE) 5-1 (11-7) Held up towards rear, midfield 6th, pushed along 8th, towards rear 9th, ridden into midfield end of back straight, lost touch when not fluent 3 out, weakened from 2 out, 8th of 11, 26 1/4l behind Findusatgorcombe (10-0) at Exeter 3m 7f hcp (3) sft in Dec.
Little Red Lion (IRE) 11-2 (11-13) Close up, every chance from 3 out, ridden to lead at last, ridden out, won at Lingfield 2m 7f hcp (5) hvy in Dec beating Colonel Keating (11-7) by 1/2l, 6 ran.
Hey Bud 13-2 (11-5) Hit 1st, always behind, no chance when mistake 3 out, 8th of 11, 18 1/2l behind Favori De Sivola (10-3) at Taunton 2m 7f hcp (4) gd in Nov.
Sunny Express (IRE) 9-1 (12-2) Held up in mid-division on inside, not fluent 7th, headway 4 out, not quicken 2 out, weakened before last, 6th of 10, 19 1/4l behind Skylanna Breeze (11-5) at Fakenham 2m 7f hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Forgetthesmalltalk (IRE) 17-2 (11-6) Mid-division, pushed along and outpaced bypassing omitted 4 out, no chance after, 10th of 11, dist behind Favori De Sivola (10-3) at Taunton 2m 7f hcp (4) gd in Nov.
Dunbar (FR) (12-2) Mid-div, 5th frm 5th, cl 6th 4out, prog in 4th bef 2out, ld 2out, 3l adv bef last where gd jump, cosily, won at Curraghmore 3m mdn sft in Oct beating Dower Caves (11-11) by 2 1/2l, 11 ran.
Robin Of Sherwood (IRE) 3-1 (11-8) Held up, headway 11th, ridden 3 out, stayed on run in, 4th of 14, 7 1/4l behind Lamanver Bel Ami (11-12) at Ffos Las 2m 5f hcp (5) hvy in Nov.
