led, jumped right throughout, strongly challenged from 4 out, blundered badly 2 out, soon headed, faded close home
held up in 4th, mistake 11th, headway 3 out, challenging in 3rd when fell 2 out
prominent, jumped left throughout, hard driven to challenge 4 out, soon outpaced, rallied when left in 3rd 2 out, stayed on to go 2nd closing stages
chased leaders, not fluent 6th, headway to challenge when slow 4 out, effort on inner when hampered 2 out, led before last, ran on well
AMERICAN CRICKET beat the odds-on Ben's Folly at Fakenham last week and today's conditional rider negates a 7lb rise. Evan Williams' charge may just be good enough to follow-up back in a handicap. Paul Moloney swaps over to stablemate Five Out Of Five, who wasn't disgraced on his comeback at the same Fakenham meeting last week, while Cesium has gone a couple of years without a win but has shown a bit more of late having slipped down the weights. The latter makes more appeal than the out of sorts Rustarix, who looks likely to struggle once again.
American Cricket (IRE) 7-1 (11-0) Raced wide throughout, led, headed after 2nd, led again 4th, headed 7th, prominent, led soon after 2 out, clear when mistake last, ran on readily, won at Fakenham 3m beg chase (3) gd beating Ben's Folly (11-0) by 11l, 5 ran.
Five Out Of Five (IRE) 11-2 (11-7) Keen in rear, ridden and headway to chase winner 3 out, mistake next and soon outpaced by winner, 2nd of 5, 16l behind Silver Adonis (11-2) at Fakenham 2m 5f hcp chs 0-125 (3) gd.
Rustarix (FR) 28-1 (9-11) Mid-division, headway 2nd, mistake 5th, ridden after 11th, weakened 4 out, 5th of 12, 34l behind Zarrafakt (11-1) at Wincanton 3m 1f hcp chs 0-135 (3) gs in Jan.
Cesium (FR) 10-11fav (11-1) Prominent, pecked slightly 2nd, led 7th, ridden when jumped right 4 out, headed next, held towards finish, 2nd of 5, 1 1/2l behind The Laodicean (11-12) at Leicester 2m 4f hcp chs 0-105 (4) gd in Feb.
