held up, headway after 2nd, led 5th, drew clear after 2 out, ridden out
took keen hold, behind, mistake 4th, stayed on from 3 out, went 2nd flat, ran on, no chance with winner
took keen hold, led until slipped on landing 4th, soon weakened, blundered badly 7th, soon pulled up
held up, headway 4th, ridden after 8th, weakened 3 out
held up, mistake 1st, headway approaching 6th, challenged 8th, every chance 4 out, weakened last, lost 2nd flat
took keen hold, prominent, hit 6th, weakened 8th, tailed off
held up in rear, not fluent, hit 6th, no chance in 5th when blundered and unseated rider last
prominent until hampered 4th, weakened 7th, tailed off
prominent, led after 4th until 5th, weakened 8th, tailed off
Having won a novice chase at Newton Abbot in August, PREDATEUR earned a rating of 130 so he should be too classy for his rivals today in this hunter chase and can give weight away to all the runners with the main dangers rated as Young Collier and Dark Artist. The last mentioned showed plenty of ability over hurdles and fences in Ireland when with Noel Meade but he has seemingly lost his way of late and is probably best watched now. Oscar D'angron was well held behind Lisadell King, who runs in the 3.40, here last time out but he may come on for the run but needs to. Kinfayre Boy has not been seen since June and needs to step up in the form shown when last seen to trouble the judge and of more interest may be Young Collier, who should appreciate the drop in trip having seemingly not stayed three miles at Fakenham last time. This should not take much winning and Predateur has solid claims of taking the race having shown a decent level of form in recent starts.
Predateur (FR) 9-2 (11-13) Tracked leader, led 8th, hit 4 out, soon headed, weakened flat, lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 9, 14l behind Cedrus Libani (11-12) at Ludlow 2m 4f hts chs (5) gs in Feb.
Kinfayre Boy 10-1 (11-0) Towards rear, never dangerous, 10th of 14, 41l behind Uptown Lad (9-7) at Hexham 2m 4f hcp chs 0-100 (4) gd in Jun.
Media man (IRE) 20-1 (12-0) Led til ur 1, in a race won by Mendo (12-0) at Brocklesby Park 3m ptp in Feb, 8 ran.
Chef de Cour (FR) 8-1 (11-0) Mists 6 & 7; outpcd 15, 4th of 10, 13l behind Big Moment (11-0) at Higham 3m ptp gd in Jan.
Dark Artist (IRE) 9-4 (12-0) (tt) held up; hdwy 13; ev ch 3 out; wknd bet last 2, 4th of 6, 12l behind Cookies Bank (12-0) at Black Forest Lodge 3m ptp in Feb.
Made In France (FR) (12-0) Walked over, won at Trecoed 3m ptp gf in Jun, 1 ran.
Oscar D'angron (FR) 7-2 (12-0) Held up, well behind rest, pushed along approaching 2 out when still well detached, closed on placed horses flat, hopeless task, 5th of 8, 35l behind Lisadell King (11-11) at Leicester 2m 4f nov hunt chs (6yo+) (5) gd in Feb.
Prelude d'Estruval (FR) 20-1 (12-7) Drpd rr 8; pu 13, in a race won by Moscow Court (12-0) at Cottenham 3m ptp in Dec '08, 12 ran.
Young Collier 9-2 (11-11) Led, ridden and headed 13th, jumped slowly next, pulled up 4 out, in a race won by Bantry Bere (11-11) at Fakenham 3m hts chs (6) gs in Feb, 5 ran.
