Lord Alfred held up in touch, led 9th, ridden approaching last, driven out

Double Mead held up, headway 4 out, soon chasing winner, ridden and close 2nd when hit last, not quicken

Deputy Mayor held up, headway on inside 9th, weakened approaching 2 out, left 3rd last

Burn Brook prominent, left in lead 4th, headed 9th, weakened approaching 3 out

Silent Man led 2nd, hampered by horse pulled up and ran out 4th

Rich Nomad held up, headway approaching 3 out, 2 lengths 3rd and ridden when blundered and unseated rider last

Patxaran held up, mistake 3rd, headway approaching 9th, 4 lengths 4th when fell 4 out

Sam Cruise took keen hold in mid-division, headway 10th, weakening when blundered 4 out, pulled up before 3 out

Ardfry led, not fluent 1st, headed 2nd, with leader when pulled up before 4th

An interesting novice contest in which four of the runners had won their last race.

LORD ALFRED was one of that number, having picked up a couple of points since arriving from Mouse Morris in Ireland, and he jumped well on this debut for Matt Sheppard to score with a little bit to spare. Sheppard reckons the horse will improve again over 3m.

Double Mead, who had run out an easy winner in a weak contest at Fontwell last week, was racing over an extra half-mile here but got the trip without aproblem. However, the concession of 8lb to the winner proved beyond him, and time may show what a difficult task that was.

Rich Nomad, who had unseated her rider at Southwell earlier in the week, did so again here but was in the process of running a much better race, staying on strongly from off the pace, when she parted company with David England at the last.

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