took keen hold, prominent, lost place 7th, well beaten 3 out, tailed off
held up towards rear, not fluent and reminder 3rd, ridden and struggling before 8th, soon well behind, tailed off
held up in rear, hit 3rd, not fluent 7th, headway on inside before 8th, weakened approaching 2 out, tailed off
prominent, jumped slowly 2nd, not fluent 4th, challenged 6th, led 8th, edged right flat, driven out
tracked leaders, not fluent 7th, mistake 3 out, challenged 2 out, soon edged right, not fluent last, no extra towards finish
held up in mid-division, headway approaching 7th, ridden afetr 3 out, went 3rd towards finish, stayed on
led, headed and not fluent 8th, weakened approaching 2 out, tailed off
mid-division, not fluent 2nd, headway on inside before 6th, mistake 8th, challenged approaching 2 out, every chance when edged right, edged right final 100 yards, held towards finish
held up in rear, headway approaching 8th, no extra before 2 out
Big Jer ran a nice race on his hurdling debut at Taunton but ran in snatches at Chepstow next time and dropped away tamely in the straight. He needs to do better while Westaway needs to get back to the form he showed over this trip at Ascot in December. Via Sundown was third over fences in France for former connections but may need this and King Caractacus was pulled up at Ludlow in January, thought should strip fitter here. The Informant will have benefited from his third at Lingfield but LOUDMOUTH is just as interesting after his staying-on sixth at Newbury. A winning pointer by Milan out of a Presenting mare, he looks to have a future over timber and can take this.
Big Jer 8-1 (11-3) Led until after 1st, tracked leaders, lost place 3rd, jumped slowly 7th, closed after, not fluent 3 out, weakened next, tailed off, 6th of 15, 42l behind Moorlands Mist (11-0) at Chepstow 3m NH mdn hdl (5) sft.
Dr Thistle (IRE) 100-1 (11-1) Prominent in chasing group, chased leaders 3 out, weakened before next, 7th of 13, 31l behind Viva Steve (11-1) at Sandown 2m nov hdl (4) sft.
Gorhams Gift 100-1 (11-0) Behind, hampered 1st, not fluent next, tailed off 7th, soon pulled up, in a race won by Many Clouds (11-0) at Ascot 2m 3f NH mdn hdl (3) sft in Nov, 12 ran.
King Caractacus 50-1 (11-5) Mid-division, weakened weakened before 7th, tailed off and pulled up approaching 3 out, in a race won by Heronshaw (11-5) at Ludlow 2m 5f mdn hdl (5) sft in Jan, 15 ran.
Loudmouth (IRE) 25-1 (10-12) Mid-division, ridden and stayed on same pace fom 2 out, 6th of 18, 27l behind Berkeley Barron (10-12) at Newbury 2m 5f nov hdl (4) gs.
Mount Gunnery 22-1 (11-4) Chased leader, went left and hit 3rd, lost 2nd before next, chased leading pair until before 3 out, weakened quickly and eased, tailed off when mistake last, 13th of 15, well behind Many Clouds (11-11) at Exeter 2m 3f nov hdl (4) hvy in Feb.
Peterbrown (IRE) 80-1 (11-2) Held up towards rear, headway after 7th, went 3rd when not fluent 2 out, no chance with leaders, 3rd of 14, 22l behind Shernando (11-2) at Huntingdon 2m 4f mdn hdl (4) gd.
The Informant 8-1 (11-2) Led, pecked 2nd, headed before next, chased leader until before 4th, soon dropped to 4th and reminders, went 3rd 2 out, no chance with leading duo, 3rd of 7, 29l behind Irish Buccaneer (11-2) at Lingfield 2m mdn hdl (5) hvy in Feb.
Via Sundown (FR) (10-3) 3rd of 15, 11l behind Uno De Thaix (10-10) at Angers(FR) 2m 3f 4yo chs gs in Dec.
Westaway (IRE) 10-1 (10-13) Chased leading pair, went 2nd 8th, led 4 out until approaching next, soon weakened, tailed off, 5th of 8, well behind Cloudy Copper (11-8) at Kempton 3m nh nov hdl (3) sft in Jan.
Gilbert 200-1 (10-11) Led until 5f out, weakened quickly and soon behind, tailed off, last of 12, well behind Doctor Harper (11-9) at Sandown 2m NH flat (5) gs in Feb.
