sometimes jumped right, held up, headway to 3rd at 2nd, well on terms when went right 13th, hit 3 out, soon outpaced, plugged on
soon held up, not fluent 7th, left 4th next, reminders 9th, soon outpaced, no chance from 11th, tailed off
chased leader, challenged 11th, led 2 out, soon clear, stayed on strongly
led, hit 1st, ridden and headed 2 out, no chance with winner
took keen hold, chased leaders, blundered and fell 8th
THATS BEN has been weakening when tackling longer trips than this and is such a small field he should have enough in the locker to hang on to a lead. Orlittlebylittle showed his first sign of ability over timber at Catterick and is making his chasing debut at a lowly level though at this stage Franks A Million will probably prove the main threat as he found 2m too short on his chasing debut at Catterick when strongly fancied. The remaining pair will need to make major progress to get in the shake-up.
Barr Head (IRE) 100-1 (10-9) Mid-division, headway 6th, weakened before 3 out, behind when pulled up before last, in a race won by Brindisi Breeze (11-0) at Kelso 2m 6f NH mdn hdl (5) sft in Dec, 10 ran.
Orlittlebylittle 14-1 (11-0) In touch on inside, pushed along 3 out, went 3rd before 2 out, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 14, 6l behind Andy Vic (10-11) at Catterick 2m 3f ldys hcp hdl 0-100 (5) gd in Feb.
Soul Bid (IRE) 20-1 (11-2) Tracked leaders, weakened before 3 out, 5th of 7, 28l behind Rich Lord (11-7) at Carlisle 2m 5f nov hcp chs 0-115 (4) hvy.
Thats Ben (IRE) 13-2 (11-7) In touch, not fluent and lost place 8th, behind and struggling 12th, plugged on, never on terms after, 5th of 10, 33l behind Romulus D'artaix (11-5) at Newbury 2m 6f hcp chs 0-125 (3) gd.
Franks A Million (IRE) 6-5fav (11-0) Held up in rear, some headway on outer from 8th, pushed along 4 out, headway from 2 out, went 2nd at last, no chance with winner, lost 2nd place near finish, 3rd of 6, 7l behind Alpha One (11-0) at Catterick 2m mdn chs (4) gs.
