Led early and wandered a little, soon joined, headed approaching 3rd, led again approaching straight, jumped left last and bumped rival, strongly pressed and kept on well run-in to prevail at the line, finished 1st, demoted to 3rd tchd 7/2
Waited with in 5th, closed from before 3 out, every chance and kept on well run-in, not quite match first past the post, finished 2nd, promoted to 1st op 25/1
Tracked leaders, not always fluent jumping, pushed along from 2 out, challenged from before last where bumped and impeded, every chance and kept on well run-in, not quite match 1st 2 past the post, finished 3rd, promoted to 2nd op 3/10 tchd 2/7
Relegate (4/9), Cuneo (3/1), Satoshi (14/1), The Big Dog (14/1), An'ball (22/1), Gigiplan Two Seven (22/1), Liar's Dice (50/1)
Cheltenham's Champion Bumper winner RELEGATE is sure to prove popular here and the mare appears to have very strong credentials for a winning start over timber. She is hard to oppose. Naas bumper winner The Big Dog is an interesting rival while better can be expected from Satoshi having joined Gordon Elliott over the summer. Cuneo runs for the first time on a decent surface and is another with scope for better things.