made all, clear approaching 3 out, unchallenged
held up, went 3rd before 6th, chased winner from 8th, well held 3 out
tracked winner until 8th, 3rd and outpaced after next, well held by winner 3 out
chased leaders, not fluent 4th, lost action and pulled up
tracked leaders, mistake 6th, last and pushed along before next, well behind from 8th
TEMPURAN scored over hurdles at Newton Abbot in July and got back to winning ways over fences at Southwell last week. Though closely matched with Debt To Society according to the handicapper, David Bridgwater's charge appears to have the better form and can beat Richard Ford's seven-year-old, who was well beaten when favourite for a similar contest over track and trip last month. Douchkirk and Zafaraban are long-standing maidens while it can't be encouraging that Legend To Be is making his debut at such a lowly level.
Debt To Society (IRE) 11-10fav (10-9) Tracked winner, outpaced 4 out, soon ridden, no chance before next, 2nd of 5, 23l behind Tales Of Milan (10-12) at Worcester 2m 7f sll hdl (5) gd in Sep.
Tempuran 9-4 (11-9) Tracked leaders, ridden into 3rd before 3 out, disputing 2nd 2 out, ridden and left disputing lead last, stayed on under pressure to assert towards finish, won at Southwell 2m hcp chs 0-100 (5) gd beating Tri Nations (11-4) by 1 1/4l, 5 ran.
Douchkirk (FR) 10-1 (10-9) Held up and off the pace, headway chasing leaders approaching 4th, weakened after 4 out, 7th of 11, 32l behind Kalimantan (10-8) at Chepstow 2m hcp hdl 0-100 (5) gd in Sep.
Zafaraban (IRE) 14-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, outpaced in 3rd after 4 out, ridden to take 2nd before 2 out, kept on flat, not reach winner, 2nd of 10, 4 1/2l behind Orby's Man (11-0) at Worcester 2m 4f mdn hdl (5) gd in Sep.
Legend To Be Midnight Legend gelding out of Pentasilea.
