led 2nd, headed 3rd, hit 6th, mistake 8th, ridden 13th, weakened 3 out
led 3rd, hit 6th, clear from 3 out
held up, detached 10th, stayed on to take 2nd line
held up, detached 10th, hit 11th, kept on
Oscar Park gets the confident vote in this novices chase with O'maley and Sole Agent rating the dangers. The selection was very impressive last time out when beating Autumn Red , he looks sure to improve again and under conditions that suit he is taken to win again. O'maley rates the main danger on his latest second behind Air Fore One but he was far from fluent on that occasion and he will neeed to improve for the fitting of first time blinkers if he is to defeat the selection. Sole Agent won well last time out when beating Atacama Star but this looks much tougher and his over all form leaves him with a little to find with the principals. Dr Hart and Gaelic Gift both hail from the in-form Brendan Powell yard but may be seen to better effect once handicapped and for the winner we return to Oscar Park who is taken to win this before going on to better things.
O'maley (FR) 6-4 (11-8) Led, ridden 12th, headed 4 out, blundered 2 out, soon weakened, tailed off, 2nd of 6, well behind Air Force One (11-4) at Fontwell 2m 6f nov chs (3) sft in Jan.
Oscar Park (IRE) 8-15fav (11-0) Made all, clear 14th, unchallenged, won at Fakenham 3m beg chs (4) gd beating Autumn Red (11-0) by 9l, 7 ran.
Dr Hart (IRE) 2-1 (11-4) Mid-division, ridden and headway 10th, chased leaders 3 out, weakened approaching last, 5th of 14, 24l behind Honour High (10-12) at Fontwell 3m 3f nov hdl (4) sft in Jan.
Gaelic Gift (IRE) 16-1 (10-5) Towards rear, not fluent 9th, weakened 10th, tailed off, 3rd of 6, well behind Air Force One (11-4) at Fontwell 2m 6f nov chs (3) sft in Jan.
Sole Agent (IRE) 5-2fav (11-4) Tracked leaders, ridden 9th, chased leader, kept on to lead last, won at Folkestone 2m hcp chs 0-110 (4) gs in Jan beating Atacama Star (10-13) by 5l, 8 ran.
