mistakes, took keen hold, pressed leader, jumped left first, mistake 5th, not fluent 3 out, narrow lead when headed before 2 out, weakened before last
jumped right first, tracked leaders, led 3rd until after 5th, ridden after 3 out, soon weakened
led, jumped slow and headed 3rd, led after 5th until 4 out, weakened next
always in rear, lost touch from 5th, tailed off when mistakes 3 out
tracked leaders, led 2 out, came clear approaching last, easily
pulled hard in rear but in touch, headway to lead 4 out, narrowly headed before 2 out, stayed on to chase winner approaching last, no impression
The ones that catch the eye most of all are Fantastic Champion, Dempsey and Kaparolo, with Fantastic Champion getting our vote. Fantastic Champion is a flat winner at 12 furlongs and has shown promise in all of his hurdle races to date. His turn cannot be far away. The nicely bred Dempsey ran in the Cheltenham and Aintree bumpers last season and began this campaign with a good win a Hereford bumper. He has to be respected. As does Kaparolo, who came good at Plumpton last time but has to concede a winner's penalty to the field. He stayed well on the flat so will probably want to make this a test. Optimaite won on the flat at up to 11 furlongs from a mark of 86 so he too could go well even though this is his debut. Nawamees had bits of form on the flat and Murzim won at 10 and 14 furlongs on the flat from marks in the 70s. However, we'll side with Fantastic Champion.
