Jumped left at times, led until slow 1st, led 2nd until slow 3rd, last after, not fluent 9th or 13th, outpaced 15th, closed on outside 4 out, 2nd 2 out, led before last, clear towards finish tchd Evens
Led 1st until 2nd, led 4th until 6th, pecked slightly 7th and shaken up, pushed along 12th, outpaced after 15th, closed 4 out, blundered badly 2 out, beaten after, kept on flat op 3/1 tchd 11/4
Given his consistency, BADEN is taken to win this having run well at Cheltenham last time out. Silent Steps isn't ruled out in first-time headgear while Ballycross isn't out of this if he can reproduce a similar effort to his winning run last time.