made all, jumped well, eased close home
chased leaders, left remote 2nd last
held up early, ridden 3out, well held in 2nd when fell last
prominent, weakened 8th, no danger after
Balnagore was already back-pedalling when coming to grief at Market Rasen last week. He looks worth opposing again here while More Shennanigans has to compete from 23lb out of the handicap. Manger Hanagement is only 3lb higher than when second over hurdles here in July but he makes his debut over fences today and would also prefer a much stiffer test of stamina. Therefore, we'll give another chance to LODGICIAN who never jumped with any fluency at Newton Abbot last time and was pulled up. That was only his second outing over fences, however, and he should have more time to measure his obstacles in this less-competitive affair.
Manger Hanagment (IRE) 9-2 (11-3) Towards rear, some headway from 3 out, soon ridden, 5th after 2 out, 5th of 16, 10l behind Queen Of Cool (11-5) at Ballinrobe 2m 4f hcp hdl 8Evens16 gf.
Lodgician (IRE) 7-1 (11-12) Slow 1st and next, in touch in 5th, 7th and struggling before
Balnagore 7-2 (11-0) Tracked leaders, mistake 7th, ridden after 4 out, last and beaten 3 out, fell last, in a race won by Zorro De La Vega (11-8) at Market Rasen 2m 2f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd, 6 ran.
More Shennanigans 22-1 (9-7) Keen early, held up behind, struggling 9th, soon lost touch, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out, in a race won by Lethem Present (11-0) at Hexham 2m 4f hcp chs 0-100 (4) gd in Jun, 9 ran.
