held up in 6th, headway before 7th, challenged on bit from 3 out, led 2 out, eased towards finish
chased leaders, ridden after 7th, driven from 3 out, one pace after, not fluent last
held up in last, not fluent 4th, ridden after 5th, not fluent next, behind from 7th, mistake last
led, not fluent 6th, headed before 3 out, soon weakened
took keen hold, tracked leader, mistake 1st, ridden after 7th, weakened before 3 out, mistake last
chased leaders, closed 3rd, went 2nd after 7th, led before 3 out, headed when hit 2 out, no chance with winner
tracked leaders on inside, pushed along after 5th, lost place well before 7th, 4th from 2 out, plugged on flat
Hawaii Five Nil is worth a second look in this as he's starting to come down the weights and his stable has been in much better form of late. John Louis finally came good over 2m here a couple of weeks ago and Callum Whillans' claim will help his cause while Allez Vic isn't out of this back over hurdles. BRAVO RIQUET won twice over fences at Plumpton last month. He's gone up in the handicap and is upped in class but a low weight could be a plus on ground that is sure to be testing and he could represent a bit of value with Jake Hodson taking off 7lb.
Allez Vic (IRE) 2-1fav (11-8) Jumped badly left in rear, blundered 1st and 6th, tailed off and pulled up after 10th, in a race won by Strollawaynow (11-2) at Taunton 2m 7f nov hcp chs 0-120 (4) sft in Dec, 8 ran.
Hawaii Five Nil (IRE) 18-1 (11-1) Held up in rear, headway after 7th, ridden 3 out, weakened before next, blundered last, 5th of 14, 41l behind The Tourard Man (11-6) at Warwick 3m 2f hcp hdl 0-130 (3) sft in Jan.
Fingers Crossed (IRE) 10-1 (11-12) Mid-division, not fluent 2nd, ridden and no impression before 3 out, 6th of 12, 26l behind Bidourey (11-0) at Leicester 2m nh nov hdl (4) hvy in Jan.
Wayward Frolic 9-2 (12-2) Led, not fluent 7th, headed after 3 out, weakened next, 6th of 7, 35l behind Steel Summit (11-7) at Market Rasen 2m 3f hcp hdl 0-110 (4) gs in Jan.
John Louis 15-8fav (11-1) Led, went right 2nd, joined 3 out, ridden and narrowly heade before 2 out, stayed upsides, led narrowly again last, stayed on gamely under pressure run-in, won at Uttoxeter 2m cond mdn hdle (4) hvy in Jan beating Astrum (10-12) by 1/2l, 10 ran.
Cafe Au Lait (GER) 20-1 (10-10) Held up in last pair on outside, struggling 8th, tailed off 3 out, 7th of 9, well behind Virtuel D'oudon (11-7) at Taunton 3m hcp hdl 0-130 (3) hvy in Jan.
Bravo Riquet (FR) 10-11fav (12-5) Sometimes jumped left, led until 4th, chased leader, led again before 8th, ridden between last two, joined last, stayed on gamely to assert towards finish, won at Plumpton 2m 1f hcp chs 0-100 (5) hvy in Jan beating Bobbits Way (11-6) by 1l, 6 ran.
Theunnamedsoldier 14-1 (11-7) Mid-division, steady headway on outside approaching 5th, driven before 3 out, weakened before next, 5th of 14, 17l behind Cash Injection (10-10) at Chepstow 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-120 (4) hvy in Jan.
