chased winner until 4th, pushed along before 8th, soon outpaced
made all, not fluent 5th, shaken up and drew clear before last, eased final 100 yards
tracked leaders, chased winner from 4th, pushed along from 4 out, ridden and no impression before last
Priceless Art arrives on the back of a win on the Flat at Southwell but scored on his chasing bow at Sedgefield previously. He should be up to beating Tahiti Pearl on the modest form the latter has shown so far, but ARCTIC BEN could prove more troublesome. The latter had registered a double over fences before finishing a creditable third behind Oh Crick in much better company at Chepstow last month and Henry Daly's charge looks the one to beat if producing a similar effort in this company.
Priceless Art (IRE) 5-6fav (11-0) Led to 2nd, remained close up, led 5th, headed 9th, ridden before 2 out, led soon after, kept on, driven out, won at Sedgefield 2m beg chase (5) gd beating Naiad du Misselot (10-9) by 1 1/4l, 3 ran.
Arctic Ben (IRE) 7-2fav (10-7) Led after 1st, headed 5 out, kept on same pace, rallied 2 out, just held for 2nd flat, no chance with winner, 3rd of 9, 7l behind Oh Crick (11-12) at Chepstow 2m hcp chs (2) sft in Feb.
Tahiti Pearl (IRE) 5-1 (11-4) Mid-division, headway to chase leaders before 5th, weakened 3 out, 4th of 11, 20l behind Karingreason (11-8) at Catterick 2m hcp chs 0-105 (4) sft in Dec.
