mid-division, headway to go prominent before 5th, not fluent 3 out, pushed along before 2 out, soon weakened
jumped right, chased leaders, jumped badly right 4th and 5th, struggling when bad mistake 3 out, weakened and pulled up before 2 out
led, pushed along and headed approaching 2 out, no extra before last
chased leaders, lost place 5th, ridden before 2 out, made no impression
prominent until fell heavily 5th
held up, headway 6th, went third after 3 out, ridden to challenge 2 out, led before last where not fluent, ran on flat
Jumping Jack is 1-12 around here and was well beaten in a similar race a year ago but Whitlock won a Class 5 handicap on his only visit to the track though was well beaten on his first start for new connections at Nottingham. Greek Kodiak has won a couple of minor races on the Flat for Michael Bell this summer and is a rare runner over timber for the yard. VISION CLEAR produced his best run for some time in a Class 4 handicap at Fakenham last time and a reproduction would probably be good enough for this though Karakoram also takes a drop in grade and has been running well enough to provide a threat.
Whitlock 80-1 (9-7) Fly leapt start, restrained towards rear, last when ridden over 4f out, soon tailed off, last of 12, dist behind Land Of Winter (9-13) at Nottingham 2m hcp (4) sft in Nov.
Cheat (IRE) 80-1 (9-10) Mid division, pushed along 2f out, soon weakened, 7th of 10, 5 3/4l behind Blue Artemis (9-5) at Kempton 1m hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Greek Kodiac (IRE) 14-1 (9-11) Mid-division, ridden on outside over 2f out, soon weakened, 8th of 9, 7 3/4l behind Special Mayson (9-4) at Yarmouth 7f hcp (5) gs in Oct.
Jumping Jack (IRE) 33-1 (10-6) Mid-division, plugged on from last, 8th of 11, 37 1/4l behind Naturally High (11-0) at Lingfield 2m hcp (5) sft in Oct.
Karakoram 7-2 (10-13) Held up towards rear, headway when hit 6h, went 4th before last, stayed on same pace flat, 4th of 13, 6 1/4l behind Ten Past Midnight (10-9) at Uttoxeter 2m hcp (5) gs in Oct.
Vision Clear (GER) 18-5 (10-13) Tracked leaders, led and hit 3 out, ridden and headed turning in, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner, 2nd of 7, 6l behind Vocal Duke (11-6) at Fakenham 2m hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Dolly McQueen 80-1 (9-1) Towards rear, modest late headway, no impression, 7th of 14, 8 1/2l behind Owen Little (8-5) at Kempton 2m hcp (6) pol in Oct.
