held up, smooth headway from 15th to challenge next, ridden and led briefly approaching last, one pace flat
mid-division, hit 14th, soon weakened and pulled up before last
mid-division, lost place 8th, behind and pulled up before 14th
soon led, headed 15th, soon weakened and pulled up before next
tracked leaders, ridden 4 out, kept on from next to challenge approaching last, soon led and kept on well flat
held up, blundered badly and unseated rider 11th
held up, effort 8th, blundered 11th, soon weakened and pulled up before 13th
chased leaders until weakened 3 out
tracked leaders, headway to lead 15th, ridden 2 out, headed last, weakened flat
Dreamaker lost no caste in defeat behind Tot O'Whiskey at Hexham last time and is taken to gain a deserved first success here, getting the verdict over Super Revo and Mister Magnum. The last mentioned has shown a consistent level of form in recent starts and should again be thereabouts but may have to settle for minor honours. Flying Jody has given little sign of encouragement in three starts this term and of more interest may be the Irish raider Leneygaff, who has shown some promise in his last two starts. Super Revo is more than capable of winning a race of this nature and stays really well but he may now be a shade high in the weights and preference is for Dreamaker, who gets the vote.
Dreamaker (IRE) 5-1 (11-0) Led, ridden after 2 out, headed before last, one pace flat, 4th of 12, 8l behind Tot O'Whiskey (11-0) at Hexham 2m 4f mdn hdl (5) gd in Oct.
Leneygaff (IRE) 40-1 (9-3) Towards rear, slight mistake 7th, ridden in moderate 7th approaching straight, kept on same pace, 8th of 13, 10l behind Phelans Fancy (10-11) at Limerick 2m 4f hcp chs 0-116 gs in Jul.
Super Revo 15-2 (11-4) In touch, pushed along 11th, 5 lengths down when left 3rd 4 out, soon ridden, rallied flat, took 2nd toward finish, 2nd of 11, 3/4l behind Blazing Hills (11-12) at Newcastle 3m hcp chs (5) gf.
Flying Jody (IRE) 22-1 (10-11) Chased winner to halfway, virtually pulled up flat, 7th of 10, well behind Carroll's O'Tully (10-0) at Carlisle 3m hcp chs 0-100 (4) gd in Oct.
Mister Magnum (IRE) 7-2 (10-4) Held up, outpaced 14th, rallied flat, kept on, 2nd of 8, 4l behind Sports Express (10-10) at Kelso 3m 1f hcp chs 0-105 (4) gd in Oct.
Justwhateverulike (IRE) 4-1 (10-1) Help up towards rear, headway 8th to chase leaders, pushed along 9th, weakened 3 out, turned off and pulled up before last pulled up at the last in race won by Point (11-5) at Hexham 3m hcp hdl 0-100 (4) gf in May, 7 ran.
Alfabet Souk 7-1 (10-9) Mistakes, always towards rear, pulled up before 4 out pulled up 5 out in race won by Hollows Mist (10-0) at Newcastle 2m 4f hcp chs 0-95 (5) gf, 11 ran.
Scarecrow (IRE) 100-1 (10-0) Always towards rear, tailed off when pulled up 3 out in race won by Caipiroska (10-0) at Perth 3m nov hcp chs 0-105 (4) gd in May, 12 ran.
Double Past 50-1 (10-4) Mid-division, outpaced 8th, never dangerous, 6th of 16, well behind Chukchi Country (11-1) at Sedgefield 2m hcp chs (5) gf in Apr.
