held up, hampered 8th, not fluent 10th or 12th, challenged 13th until hit 4 out, soon ridden, closed again 3 out, no impression from next, plugged on flat
jumped left at times, chased leaders, jumped slowly 4th, left 2nd 8th, left in lead 10th, clear after 4 out until 3 out, ridden clear again from before next, weary flat, always holding on
led until before 2nd, chased leader, hit 8th, slithered badly on landing, not recover and pulled up
chased leaders, left 2nd 10th until next, outpaced from 12th, well beaten from next, refused last
with leader, led before 2nd, hit 10th and unseated rider
BUCK MAGIC has won a point-to-point, a bumper and scored three times over hurdles. He gave supporters of the long odds-on Gevrey Chambertin a fright in a three-horse race on his chasing bow and there should be much more to come so he's handed the vote. Tinker Time has been progressing nicely over hurdles and with a pedigree suggesting he'll be better over fences he's interesting on his chasing debut. Sin Bin had been going reasonably well before involved in a void race at Ludlow in May and hasn't had much racing for his age so further progress in anticipated. Hatters River came here in May with what looked a fair chance but though finishing third was never in the hunt while By The Boardwalk showed promise at this time a year ago but has last two runs were very disappointing.
Buck Magic (IRE) 4-1 (10-12) Keen tracked leader, led 3rd, headed briefly 5 out, ridden 2 out, 3 lengths clear when mistake next, idled run-in and headed towards finish, 2nd of 3, 3/4l behind Gevrey Chambertin (10-12) at Bangor 2m 4f nov chs (4) gd in Oct.
Tinker Time (IRE) 4-1fav (10-13) Prominent, led 7th, hard pressed from 3 out, headed flat, stayed on, 3rd of 11, 1l behind Dragon's Den (10-4) at Exeter 2m 7f hcp hdl 0-135 (3) gd in May.
Hatters River (IRE) 4-1 (11-5) Chased leading pair throughout, mistake 9th, one pace and no impression from 4 out, 3rd of 10, 18l behind American Spin (11-7) at Kempton 3m hcp chs 0-130 (3) gd in May.
By The Boardwalk (IRE) 11-4 (11-3) Jumped right, chased leaders until 8th, soon weakened, 4th of 7, well behind Algernon Pazham (11-3) at Warwick 3m 1f nh nov hdl (4) gs in Mar.