led into start, led before 2nd, tended to stutter into the fences, clear 3rd until 8th, driven after 9th, hung left before next, edged right approaching last, went left flat, stayed on
held up in 5th, not fluent 1st, hampered 3rd, headway 9th, tracking leaders when brought down 4 out
led until before 2nd, chased clear leader, closed 8th, fell 4 out
held up, in touch when left 3rd 4 out, went 2nd briefly before 2 out, no extra last
chased leaders, mistake 7th, hampered 4 out, went 3rd approaching last, stayed on
chased leaders, bumped 9th, left 2nd 4 out, stayed on, flat, unable to get to winner
Ibn Hiyyan won in this grade at Hexham on his reappearance but that's not much of a recommendation. Truckers Benefit weakened quickly at Plumpton last time while Mujamead lacks a recent run and stablemate Roseini never threatened over 3m at Lingfield recently having won a mares' hurdle here previously. ARMEDANDDANGEROUS was much too keen on his chasing debut at Wetherby and was tailed off but that was a much better contest than this and Tom Gretton's lightly-raced gelding has won over 2m4f over hurdles which suggests he'll last home here if settling better. The top weight gets a tentative vote.
Armedanddangerous (IRE) 50-1 (11-3) Tracked leaders and keen, weakened from 9th, 5th of 7, well behind Rose Of The Moon (10-12) at Wetherby 3m 1f nov chs (3) gs in Nov.
Truckers Benefit (IRE) 11-4fav (11-4) Held up, headway when not fluent 4 out, ridden in 4th when mistake 2 out, pressed for 2nd last, no impression on winner, 4th of 7, 13l behind Bally Gunner (11-11) at Plumpton 2m 4f hcp chs 0-105 (4) sft in Nov.
Mujamead 12-1 (10-8) In touch, chased leaders briefly 4th, weakened well before next, tailed off, 14th of 15, well behind Granville Island (11-6) at Chepstow 2m hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gs in Apr.
Ibn Hiyyan (USA) 12-1 (10-11) Held up in rear, headway before 6th, went 3rd before 2 out, led before last, kept on, won at Hexham 2m hcp chs 0-95 (5) sft in Nov beating Panthers Run (10-6) by 3 1/2l, 6 ran.
Roseini (IRE) 12-1 (11-3) Soon well adrift, went modest 4th after 4 out, disputing well held 3rd when bumped and stumbled 3 out, soon no extra in 4th, 4th of 6, well behind Ahwaak (10-1) at Lingfield 3m nov hcp chs 0-95 (5) sft in Nov.
Photogenique (FR) 150-1 (10-2) Prominent, not fluent 5th, lost place before 10th, weakened 14th, tailed off, 8th of 9, well behind Danimix (10-11) at Worcester 2m 7f beg chase (4) gd in Jul.
