Led narrowly to 1st, with leader, led again 3rd, made rest, driven when hard pressed after 2 out, ridden and stayed on gamely flat, just held on, all out op 16/1 tchd 20/1
Led 1st, blundered and headed 3rd, tracked winner, effort to challenge after 2 out, soon ridden, kept on and every chance flat, just held op 4/1 tchd 7/2
Tracked leaders, jumped slowly 5th, close up in 4th when slipped badly and almost unseated rider on bend after 3 out, not recover, pulled up before next op 3/1 tchd 11/4
Copper West (9/4), Earlshill (10/3), Heydour (9/2), Cloth Cap (7/1), Fixed Rate (11/1), Cloone Lady (12/1), Ri An Rian (12/1)
An open looking race in which no strong opinion is formed. Earlshill is unbeaten in two starts for Stuart Edmunds, but it remains to be seen how he handles the switch to fences, comments which are applicable to a number of other runners including Fixed Rate and Cloth Cap. Therefore, a tentative vote goes to Laura Mongan's RI AN RIAN who has shown reasonable form over fences in Ireland for Liz Doyle.