held up towards rear, jumped right and mistake 1st, jumped slowly 6th, jumped right and not fluent 6th, tailed off after 13th, pulled up before next
held up towards rear, hampered 1st, behind when mistake 11th, pulled up after 13th
led until 3rd, mistake and lost place 5th, never back in contention, well beaten 17th, pulled up before 3 out
prominent, led 3rd until before next, tracked leaders, went 2nd 4 out, led 2 out, clear approaching last, stayed on
in rear, ridden approaching 12th, behind 11th, pulled up before 3 out
mid-division, headway approaching 6th, went 2nd 7th until 9th, mistake 15th, went 3rd after 4 out, one pace 2 out
tracked leaders, lost place after 6th, not fluent and weakened 16th, pulled up before 2 out
prominent, led approaching 4th until next, 6th and reminders after 11th, effort 16th until 4 out, one pace 2 out
held up in rear, took keen hold, headway on outside 6th, went 2nd 9th, hit 17th, lost 2nd 4 out, weakened approaching 2 out
Finbin won a handicap off this mark over the C&D last May but has run very poorly in just three subsequent starts. Riskier had four lengths to spare over Cloudy Dawn in the race won very easily by Danny John Boy at Hexham earlier this month. The latter wasn't suited by the soft ground and made a bad error at a crucial stage so can reverse the form, and Smart Mistress was pulled up in the same event. Old Style showed very little over hurdles so it's a surprise to see him making his chasing debut in a handicap as is Hathamore, who has been in poor form over timber. FRONTIER BOY finished a distance behind Super Ally when they met at Kelso last month but was only three-and-a-half lengths behind the same horse on a return visit a month later. That was only his third start over fences and with further progress likely he looks well enough handicapped to take this.
Finbin (IRE) 33-1 (11-9) Held up mid-division on inner, towards rear and pushed along after 6th, weakened 4 out, pulled up next, in a race won by Forcefield (11-1) at Newcastle 3m hcp hdl 0-95 (5) gd, 17 ran.
Foxes Delight (IRE) 100-1 (10-12) Soon behind, lost touch 4 out, soon pulled up, in a race won by The Shy Man (11-3) at Wetherby 3m 1f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) sft, 15 ran.
Old Style (IRE) 33-1 (10-12) Jumped right 1st, tracked leader to 4th, weakened from 4 out, behind when jumped right 2 out, 4th of 6, well behind Milano Supremo (10-7) at Wetherby 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) gd in May.
Frontier Boy (IRE) 12-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, not fluent 7th, chased winner before 3 out, kept on and always held, 2nd of 9, 3 1/2l behind Super Ally (11-4) at Kelso 3m 1f nov hcp chs 0-100 (5) gd.
Smart Mistress 20-1 (11-5) Always in rear, tailed off from 14th, soon pulled up, in a race won by Danny John Boy (10-11) at Hexham 3m 1f hcp chs 0-95 (5) sft, 9 ran.
Riskier 6-1 (11-7) Held up towards rear, led before 8th, soon clear, ridden and headed before last, soon weakened, 2nd of 9, 17l behind Danny John Boy (10-11) at Hexham 3m 1f hcp chs 0-95 (5) sft.
Mansonien L'as (FR) 16-1 (11-3) Held up towards rear, weakened from 10th, soon pulled up, in a race won by Danny John Boy (10-11) at Hexham 3m 1f hcp chs 0-95 (5) sft, 9 ran.
Cloudy Dawn 2-1fav (10-13) Tracked leader until weakened before 2 out, 4th of 9, 22l behind Danny John Boy (10-11) at Hexham 3m 1f hcp chs 0-95 (5) sft.
Hathamore 25-1 (10-5) With leader, lost place 4th, pushed along 6th, weakened 7th, 5th of 11, well behind Stormin Exit (10-12) at Kelso 2m 6f nh nov hdl (4) gs in Oct.
Lindseyfield Lodge (IRE) 20-1 (10-5) Keen in touch, hit 7th, headway to track leaders 9th, ridden next, weakened before 3 out, 6th of 10, 49l behind Jacko's Boy (10-9) at Market Rasen 2m 4f hcp chs 0-95 (5) gd.
