held up in rear, pushed along 4 out, 5th and no impression when blundered badly 3 out, pulled up before next
towards rear, hit 4th, struggling from 14th
held up in mid-division, outpaced when hampered 13th, tailed off when pulled up before 15th
in touch to halfway, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up before 14th
chased winner, effort between last 2, kept on same pace
made all, stayed on strongly
in touch, outpaced 14th, ridden 4 out, kept on
mistakes in rear, never dangerous
chased leaders, fell 13th
Precious Bane looks the pick of the weights here and gets the verdict ahead Algarve and Getinbubutonlyjust. The Matt Sheppard yard is in pretty good form at present and this son of Bigstone couldn't have been any more impressive last time. He stormed home 16 lengths clear of his rivals at Lingfield, making a mockery of his 71 handicap mark. He has only risen seven pounds and it shouldn't be enough to stop him here. Algarve was in need of his first run for eighteen months and we should see a much better performance this afternoon. Meanwhile Getinybutonlyjust could be solid each-way material having shown tremendous courage to win at Wetherby in May. Magnificent Seven gets in here on a pretty low mark and could be the best of the remainder, however Precious Bane still looks well ahead of the handicapper and is a confident choice.
Roman Rebel 8-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders, weakened approaching last, 7th of 14, 28l behind High Day (10-9) at Hexham 2m 4f nov hdl (E) sft.
Getinbybutonlyjust 15-2 (11-1) Held up, mistake 3rd, headway 7th, led 4 out, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, rallied from last, led towards finish, won at Wetherby 2m 7f amt hcp hdl 0-100 (F) gf in May beating Garnett (11-6) by a nk, 13 ran.
Magnificent Seven (IRE) 25-1 (11-0) In touch, blundered badly 6th, weakened approaching 10th, behind when mistake 11th, 5th of 8, well behind Tigers Lair (11-0) at Ludlow 2m 4f nov chs (D) gd in May.
Trovaio (IRE) (12-0) 7th of 15, 43l behind Shuil Leader (12-0) at Naul 3m ire ptp sft in Feb.
Algarve 8-1 (11-9) Tracked leaders, effort after 3 out, weakened next, 5th of 7, well behind Sharp Belline (11-11) at Kelso 3m 1f nov hcp chs 0-100 (E) gs.
Precious Bane (IRE) 9-2 (10-7) Made all, hit 8th, clear from next, hit 3 out, unchallenged, won at Lingfield 3m nov hcp chs (F) sft beating Dunbrody Millar (11-12) by 16l, 10 ran.
Arctic Lagoon (IRE) 6-1 (10-11) Held up, in touch, headway to lead 3 out, headed approaching last, no extra flat, 3rd of 7, 18l behind Sharp Belline (11-11) at Kelso 3m 1f nov hcp chs 0-100 (E) gs.
John Rich 16-1 (9-7) Mid-division, lost place 9th, behind when pulled up 2 out in race won by Moustique de L'Isle (11-2) at Market Rasen 3m 1f hcp chs 0-110 (E) hvy, 7 ran.
