prominent, not fluent 11th, reminders next, mistake 15th, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up before 5 out
held up, ridden approaching 4 out, soon weakened
in touch, not fluent 5th, headway 16th, chased winner approaching 3 out, mistake next, no extra flat
keen early, made all, stayed on well
prominent, chased winner approaching 15th, pecked next, mistake 17th, lost 2nd approaching 3 out, soon weakened
prominent, ridden after 16th, weakening when mistake 4 out, soon beaten
held up, not fluent 7th, ridden 15th, weakened next, pulled up after 4 out
The feature race on the card at the Welsh track has attracted a small field, in which quite a few will line up with a fair chance, not least of which is Max Pride. Robin Dickin's charge was in good form during the first half of the season and showed that he has bags of stamina when scoring over this trip at Warwick in December. Still unexposed in this department, he should make a bold bid to defy a seven pound rise in the weights, having been rested over Christmas. Martin Pipe saddles Kaki Crazy who was highly tried in his first season after coming over from France, taking on the likes of Foxchapel King at Cheltenham. A faller at the third in the 2001 Martell Grand National, he does not seem to have progressed and will do well to shrug off topweight on his first outing in 11 months. Nordic Prince is a course winner, while Buccaneer Boy is having only his second run since leaving Paul Nicholls and it remains to be seen whether he has regained his enthusiasm. All in all, this looks best left to Max Pride.
