led, not fluent 2nd, headed before 3 out, no extra approaching last
with leader, led before 3 out, ridden approaching 2 out, pressed last, stayed on gamely
tracked leaders, not fluent 1st or 4th, lost place approaching next, soon weakened, behind when mistake 6th, tailed off
tracked leaders on inside, not fluent 4th, went 2nd before 2 out, every chance last, ridden flat, held towards finish
tracked leaders, not fluent 5th or 6th, ridden when slow 3 out, beaten after, no extra approaching last
held up, not fluent 1st, jumped slowly 3rd and 4th, not fluent 5th, effort and just about in touch when jumped left and not fluent 3 out, soon weakened
David Pipe had three entered for this at the four-day stage but relies on easy Perth scorer SINNDAR'S MAN. He's a strapping gelding so should be capable of defying his penalty if handling the easier ground. Auteuil winner Cyclop has his first start for David Dennis and is best watched but Witch From Rome is a danger on his close-up second to Gimme Five at Huntingdon. Graphene won on the Flat at Bath in May but showed little after. Mairise may do better over hurdles, however, and is preferred to Guard Of Honour and Moojaned.
Cyclop (IRE) 5-1 (11-2) won at Auteuil(FR) 2m 1f 3yo clm hdl sft in May beating Beau Bay (11-2) by 3l, 19 ran.
Sinndar's Man Evensfav (10-12) Tracked leaders in 3rd, led 2 out, ridden before last, kept on well, won at Perth 2m 3yo hdl (4) gd in Sep beating High Expectations (11-5) by 8l, 8 ran.
Graphene 7-2 (9-4) Tracked leading trio, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 5th of 6, 19l behind Gaelic Ice (9-3) at Chepstow 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) sft in Aug (flat).
Guard Of Honour (IRE) 6-1 (10-12) Chased leader, led before 3 out, veered badly left and ran out 3 out, in a race won by Bishop Wulstan (10-12) at Ludlow 2m 3yo mdn hdl (4) gd, 9 ran.
Mairise 6-1 (9-4) Mid-division, headway over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 9, 17l behind Gavlar (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Jul (flat).
Moojaned (IRE) 33-1 (8-9) With leaders on outside, ridden 2f out, lost place over 1f out, soon weakened, 8th of 9, 17l behind Plucky Dip (9-4) at Wolverhampton 7f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) in Sep (flat).
Witch From Rome 8-1 (10-9) Held up, headway 3 out, ridden and joined winner next, no extra near finish, 2nd of 6, 3/4l behind Gimme Five (11-5) at Huntingdon 2m 3yo hdl (4) gd.
