Held up and behind, blundered and almost unseated rider 4th, closer at 11th, headway chasing leaders 16th, 3rd on long run before 2 out, went 2nd approaching 2 out, no chance with winner tchd 4/1
Chased leaders, mistake 2nd, reminder after 3rd, 2nd before 8th, led 17th until 4 out, chased winner until approaching 2 out, soon weakened, poor 5th when pulled up before last op 16/1
Tractor Fred (2/1), Dontdelay (7/2), Benechenko (4/1), Hastrubal (6/1), The Lion Dancer (8/1), Road Warrior (12/1), Carrigmoorna Matt (25/1)
TRACTOR FRED and Benechenko are maidens under rules, but both arrive in fine form and the former was denied by the narrowest of margins at Plumpton last time. He jumped better than previously at the Sussex venue, and can score if again avoiding mistakes. Dontdelay ran well over hurdles last time, and won over further at Hexham prior to that, so is also worth considering having not gone up much in the weights.