chased leader, blundered 5th, mistake next, reminder lost 2nd and pulled up before 10th
led, pushed along and headed before 13th, weakened and mistake next, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
chased leading pair, reminder and went 2nd after 12th, led 13th, narrowly headed after 4 out, stayed challenging, led again final 120 yards
chased leaders, 2nd before 10th until after 12th, chased leaders, 2nd again 13th, led after 4 out, kept slight lead, ridden before last, headed and no extra final 120 yards
behind, last and struggling after 5th, tailed off and pulled up approaching 8th
mistakes and tended to jump left, , held up in last pair, mistakes 6th and 11th, blundered badly 14th, poor 4th before 3 out, tailed off and blundered next
chased leaders, mistake 4th, driven along and struggling in poor 3rd after 4 out
HEAD SPIN only got up on the line over a longer trip here last month but has been left on the same mark and can make the most of the 3lb he receives from Ffos Las second Matripajo. Everylasting weakened quickly once headed at Ayr last time but Uttoxeter runner-up Typical Oscar still has scope and makes more appeal than Ballycracken, Wheelavher and Feeling Peckish with the latter pair carrying more than their allotted weight.
Matripajo (IRE) 4-1 (10-7) Held up in last pair, headway 10th, slightly hampered 12th, chased leaders next, 3rd approaching 4 out, left 2nd 2 out, ridden and one pace before last, 2nd of 7, 3 1/2l behind Trillerin Minella (11-7) at Ffos Las 2m 5f nov hcp chs 0-105 (4) gs in Oct.
Everylasting (IRE) 7-2 (10-8) Led, hit 3 out, soon headed, no extra when not fluent last, 4th of 8, 18l behind Blue Kascade (11-10) at Ayr 2m 4f hcp 0-100 (5) gs in Oct.
Typical Oscar (IRE) 2-1 (10-8) Tracked leaders, not fluent 8th, went 2nd 12th, jumped left 3 out and 2 out, 4 lengths down last, stayed on well towards finish, 2nd of 5, 1/2l behind Allerton (11-12) at Uttoxeter 2m 6f hcp 0-100 (5) gd in Oct.
Head Spin (IRE) 4-1 (11-3) Tracked leading trio, 2nd approaching 15th until next, chased leading pair, reminder before 17th, ridden and outpaced after 4 out, left in 2 length 2nd 2 out, stayed on from last, led close home, won at Southwell 3m 2f hcp chs 0-100 (5) gd in Oct beating Dancing Daffodil (11-12) by nk, 5 ran.
Ballycracken (IRE) 25-1 (9-13) Towards rear, pushed along before 6th, driven and struggling bfore 9th, tailed off and pulled up before 14th, in a race won by Kilcascan (9-13) at Bangor 3m hcp chs 0-100 (5) gd in May, 12 ran.
Wheelavher 5-1 (9-11) Held up 4th and last in touch, went 3rd 4 out, left 6 lengths 2nd next, ridden and no chance with winner before last, 2nd of 4, 12l behind Kilcascan (10-10) at Stratford 2m 7f hcp 0-100 (5) gs in Oct.
Feeling Peckish (USA) 66-1 (9-9) Chased leading pair, pushed along and outpaced before 15th, soon behind and tailed off, left poor 4th 2 out, 4th of 5, 41l behind Head Spin (11-3) at Southwell 3m 2f hcp chs 0-100 (5) gd in Oct.
