led until after 4th, remained prominent, led again 2 out, hung left closing stages, stayed on strongly
chased leaders, jumped left 7th, slow 14th, under pressure 4 out, weakened after next, tailed off
pulled hard early, in touch, headway 3 out, chased winner next, kept on under pressure
prominent, led after 4th, headed 2 out, weakened before last
held up towards rear, headway 3 out, hung right after next, no impression
held up in rear, headway when short of room after 2 out, never on terms
tracked leaders, jumped right 2nd, weakened after 2 out
held up, headway 3 out, every chance 2 out, stayed on same pace
Pym should improve for a recent chasing debut at Huntingdon when finishing well ahead of Erick Le Rouge. Spider's Bite had placed over track and trip off a 5lb lower mark before unseating at Ludlow and is not out of this while Darling Maltaix lost a shoe over 2m3f here on his chasing bow and will likely finish closer today. Kapgarry has been raised 9lb for a wide-margin success at Wetherby and is another stepping up in distance along with HIGHEST SUN. The latter came up against higher rated horses than these when third in a beginners’ chase at Newbury and a similar effort should see Colin Tizzard’s charge bang there at the finish.
Pym (IRE) 11-4fav (11-2) Tracked leaders, outpaced after 3 out, rallied after next, ran on, never reached winner, 2nd of 10, 3 1/2l behind Deyrann de Carjac (11-7) at Huntingdon 2m 4f (3) gd in Nov.
Erick Le Rouge (FR) 4-1 (11-7) Led, jumped left 4th, headed after 3 out, rallied next, kept on under pressure, 5th of 10, 19 1/4l behind Deyrann de Carjac (11-7) at Huntingdon 2m 4f (3) gd in Nov.
Highest Sun (FR) 16-1 (11-5) Held up in last pair, hit 12th, headway approaching and not fluent 4 out, left 3rd next, closed on 2nd but no chance with winner, 3rd of 6, 4 1/4l behind Champ (11-5) at Newbury 2m 6f (3) gs in Nov.
Spider's Bite (IRE) 2-1fav (11-3) Tracked leaders, 2nd 13th, led next until blundered and unseated rider 15th, at Ludlow 3m hcp (3) sft in Dec.
Deise Aba (IRE) 15-2 (11-8) Held up in rear, closer on outside 11th, chased leaders 13th, hit next, weakened 3 out, pulled up before the last, at Aintree 3m 1f hcp (3) sft in Oct.
Darling Maltaix (FR) 7-1 (10-12) Held up in rear, mistake 3rd, headway 11th, weakened after 3 out, 4th of 10, 11 1/2l behind Doctor Dex (10-8) at Ascot 2m 3f hcp (3) gs in Nov.
Kapgarry (FR) 3-1fav (11-4) With leader, led 7 out, headed after 5 out, led before last, kept on well, won at Wetherby 2m 3f hcp (3) sft in Nov beating West To The Bridge (11-12) by 10l, 9 ran.
Neachells Bridge (IRE) 16-1 (10-8) Held up, effort after 3 out, no impression when hampered 2 out, 8th of 10, 27 1/2l behind Doctor Dex (10-8) at Ascot 2m 3f hcp (3) gs in Nov.
