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3 Burds Of A Feather - quite a close-coupled sort, red hood but relaxed, fine.
4 Capricciose - compact, fit but dwarfed by the 12 on all metrics.
12 The Flaggy Shore - a gorgeous looker, lot of size and scope about her; very fit and has to be on anyone's shortlist here.
10 Millstatt Abbey - a smaller model, fit and well; quite sparely made, fine.
9 Lune Brillante - first in. Has some size to her, lengthy, well built; busy early on here, could do with settling it down.
Full result
1. MONDO MAN 5/2 favourite
2. Wreckless Eric 11/1
3. We're Red And Blue 12/1
4. Messerschmitt 50/1
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Post-race reaction
Caoilin Quinn: "He's a very classy horse. I'd say it's taken us until now to learn how to ride him. As I said when he won at Plumpton the other day, he's settling so much better now and it makes my job much easier to ride him and he's got plenty of talent.
"He was left alone in front for a while and he was having a good look around. It's heavy ground and I didn't want to go asking him for a big one so I let him go in and pop it and he shifted one way and I went the other. It was my fault, terrible bit of riding. I was going to try and get the one [iron] back but I felt the better option would be to kick both out and keep kicking on forward. Luckily I stayed aboard and got the job done."
Verdict
General Briar and Star Of Guiting best pair.
Parade ring updates
4 Go Dante - fit and well, no issues.
1 Fingle Bridge - strong, tall, quality; maybe looked a bit sharper at Warwick last time.
Here they come.
Waiting on the Olly Murphy runners.
14 Wreckless Eric - in, fine, touch keen but nothing too concerning.
20 Game Colours - not the biggest but fit and well.
13 Jack Hyde - fit and well but on toes, never massively appeals on looks.
11 Gooloogong - fine, others appeal more though.
7 Rubber Ball (below also) - getting on toes a bit.
19 Star Of Guiting - looked well at Musselburgh when winning and does again here, very fit.
6 Top Jimmy - very fit but red hood and too keen at present, needs to settle better.
7 Rubber Ball - a barrelly individual, strong, looks well here, fit.
Moving to parade ring.
Pre-parade
21 Afadil - his usual self, always looks fit and well, no issues.
12 Spirits Boy - fine, fit, others appeal more.
23 Brace For Landing - fine, another chasing sort, built a bit downhill, some filling out still to do; fit.
22 General Briar - not the biggest but very fit and well, athletic; one of the better ones so far.
18 We're Red And Blue - strong sort, you'd think they'll give chasing a go at some point; fine.
8 Bubble Dubi - fit, would like to see him striding out a bit better, but fine.
17 Mondo Man - fit and well, much as he was at Plumpton last time; perhaps hasn't stepped forward from that as much as I thought he would.
16 No Ordinary Joe - the type that rarely impresses on looks, quite a barrelly sort but this is about as well as I've seen him this season.
9 Messerschmitt - first in, very fit and well, relaxed.
Full result
1. SCORPIO RISING 9/2 joint-favourite
2. Get On George 33/1
3. Gee Force Flyer 20/1
4. Kaka's Cousin 9/2 joint-favourite
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Sean Bowen: "He cantered through the race and got a bit lonely up the straight on his own but he goes on that ground very well. He jumped as bad as he's ever jumped to be honest, he missed loads of hurdles; I think that was just first run in a real, good handicap where he had no room down the inner. He'll only get better, he's an exciting one to go chasing with next season. It's proper heavy ground so perfect for this lad and Go Dante hopefully.
"You want to be in form going in to Cheltenham and this is my first winner since last Saturday so hopefully the ball will start rolling a bit better this time."
Verdict
Wide open. Four Springs and Laguna Beach best pair.
Worth reiterating this is a good field for this, should work out well over time.
Paddock updates
11 Race To Base - quite plain, not the biggest, fine.
1 Gentleman Toboot - very fit and well, strong, red hood and some small signs of keenness; attractive.
16 Gee Force Flyer - chasing type, fine but others look quicker, one for the future.
3 Scorpio Rising - red hood, tall, lengthy and appeals; fit.
12 Unknown Entity - tall, almost leggy; still some signs of greenness, will keep improving.
18 The Boss Bear - out [non-runner].
15 Wolf Walker - more for now, athletic, looks well, almost a Flat type; interesting on that alone.
8 Cinquenta - good core, strong and excellent coat to him; no issues, looks well.
9 Rathkenny - made appeal at Doncaster and does again, strong, robust sort; fit and well.
10 Tennessee Tango - a giant, chaser all day long, definitely one for the future; galloper, may find one or two too quick, but not dismissed on the slowing ground.
14 Precious Metal - similar comments to Roi Du Risk (below) apply, fine but lacks scope of a few of these.
17 Roi Du Risk - lacking size of a few, fit but others appeal more.
7 Draco Malfoy - fit and well, plenty of size about him; might just tighten up a bit for the run.
18 The Boss Bear - strong, lengthy chasing type, perhaps one for the future rather than today, others look racier sorts.
2 Get On George - looks half-asleep, so relaxed is he; tall, chasing sort, fine.
5 Jury's Inn - a future chaser, strong, attractive and relaxed; likeable.
13 Four Springs - rib-fit, prepared for today; lovely athletic sort, couldn't be any fitter; relaxed and all positive.
4 Laguna Beach - much more for now, a little "stompy" in the walk if I'm picky; lengthy type, fit.
6 Kaka's Cousin - a big unit, quite upright and a bit tense early on here; having a good look round, still some signs of greenness.
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Paul Nicholls: "That [the Fred Winter] is where he is going to run. Colm [Donlon, owner] asked me a month ago if I would find something for him for the Fred Winter because he likes to have a runner so I rang Anthony [Bromley] and he said the guys would sell him so we put the deal together and bought him. 122 is normally safe to get in but he wasn't going to get in so we had to run today to get a 5 lb penalty so he will go if he is alright. It's deep ground out there today, he's a tough horse, it's not ideal but we'll give it a go.
"I like what I've seen of him. He's done really well, he's filled out, he's strengthened up, he's loved our system. Anthony said he'd never been up a hill in his life before but he wings up over that hill twice; bonny little horse, I'd say next season he'd be a fun horse for races like the Imperial Cup.
"I love that race [Fred Winter]. I've also got Pourquoi Pas Papa to run who ran very well at Haydock the other day, bit annoyed he went up 7 lb but if he hadn't gone up 7 he wouldn't be getting in the race, he'll run well. I asked Harry who he'll ride and we'll talk about it tomorrow! He was impressed with him [Bibe Mus].
"Before we went to Newbury the other day we never thought he [Tutti Quanti] wanted heavy ground, I was a bit nervous about that. The weight didn't stop him, he's got form on all sorts of ground and I don't think it will be a problem; I think the first day will be good to soft. Lorcan Murtagh has been riding him all the way along the line and said this morning he's the best ever. He physically seems to have improved, I don't know why, but he's definitely improving mentally and physically. Big challenge as you well know but we're going to give it a go and I think he'll run okay.
"No Drama This End worked nicely with Regent's Stroll this morning. They've finished all their preps now and they've done everything right, can't do anything more. We've some nice chances really so looking forward to it."
Update
2 Turenne - getting warm between back legs late.
Verdict
The quality of Bibe Mus shines through here and is easily best. The Bellhop next best.
Paddock updates
3 Galactique - okay, perhaps a little plain compared to a few, but has some size and isn't dismissed.
4 The Bellhop - red hood on but relaxed, good-looking type, nice sort, racey and attractive; very fit.
2 Turenne - has some size to him, relaxed and looks well, no issues.
7 Superkap - on toes, quite a taking sort, will easily make a chaser in time; fit, just needs to settle better.
5 Only One Blue - stocky, compact sort, little busy in the walk, but fine overall.
And the pre-parade is a waste of time. All horses straight to the parade ring.
Pre-parade
1 Bibe Mus - first in. Good-looker that's already filling out nicely. Walks well, touch of quality. Enough size to be carrying the weight. All positive at the moment.
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