pressed leader, not fluent and led 3 out, ridden and headed before 2 out, soon beaten
prominent on inside, ridden and weakened after 3 out
led until 3 out, soon beaten, 3rd and well held before 2 out, hit last
in touch, soon ridden along, lost place before 3rd, tailed off 5th, pulled up after next
tracked leaders, slightly hampered 5th, went 2nd after 3 out, led before next, soon clear, very easily
held up towards rear, hampered 5th, soon behind, tailed off
mid-division, jumped slowly 1st, not fluent 3rd, badly hampered 5th, well held after, plugged on into 4th last
in rear, hampered and behind from 5th, mistake 6th, pulled up before 2 out
pulled hard, held up in rear, hampered 1st, headway before 4th, tracking leaders when fell 5th
Some guess work involved as to which one of these can bounce back. ASCENDANT finished runner-up in handicap hurdle at Huntingdon in September and it could be his turn today dropped in class. Mighty Whitey has made a couple of successful raids over from Ireland in the past in similar company while Arrayan won a claiming event at Ludlow early this year. Stentorian ran well enough when fourth at Fontwell last month but has a stiffer task on today's terms.
Arrayan 16-1 (10-12) In touch, headway chasing leaders after 5th, 5th and no impression when mistake 2 out, 6th of 13, 22l behind Short Takes (11-4) at Huntingdon 2m clm hdl (5) gs.
Mighty Whitey (IRE) 33-1 (10-9) Towards rear, 11th halfway, ridden before 3 out where not fluent, soon no impression, 11th of 13, 35l behind Harvey Logan (10-13) at Navan 2m hcp hdl sft.
In The Crowd (IRE) 15-2 (11-6) Led, headed 4 out, weakened from next, 4th of 8, 37l behind Qasser (10-2) at Plumpton 2m hcp hdl 0-105 (4) hvy.
Karl Marx (IRE) 33-1 (11-4) Held up in mid-division, ridden and behind in back-straight, 16th of 17, well behind Definitely Better (10-11) at Exeter 2m 3f hcp hdl 0-100 (5) gs.
Ascendant 17-2 (11-9) Took keen hold tracking leaders, pushed along and looked struggling when blundered 3 out, weakened and no chance after, 7th of 8, 20l behind Shadarpour (11-1) at Exeter 2m 3f hcp hdl 0-120 (4) gf in Oct.
Significant Move 33-1 (10-12) Tracked leader, under pressure 4 out, weakened next, 4th of 5, 32l behind Supreme Present (11-1) at Taunton 2m 1f nh nov hdl (3) fm in Oct.
Stentorian (IRE) 12-1 (11-4) Held up mid-division, blundered 4th, pushed along 4 out, ridden and headway before 2 out, kept on same pace, 4th of 10, 6l behind Demographic (11-4) at Fontwell 2m 4f cond nov hcp hdl 0-100 (5) gs in Oct.
Actonetaketwo 16-1 (8-3) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, soon weakened, 7th of 8, 15l behind Lady Bayside (9-10) at Bath 1m fll hcp (5) gs in Oct (flat).
Banreenahreenkah (IRE) 10-1 (10-4) In rear and keen, weakened from 3 out, last of 5, well behind Queen Olivia (10-7) at Southwell 2m mrs hcp hdl 0-120 (4) gd in Apr.
