keen, chased leaders, hampered by loose horse 4th, went 2nd approaching next, ridden approaching last, not quicken
held up, headway after 3rd, weakened approaching 5th
jumped left 1st, behind from 3rd
led to 2nd, led again 4th, not fluent 3 out, cleverley
not jump well, held up, hampered 1st, headway 4th, weakened 3 out
held up, headway 3 out, soon ridden, hit 2 out, soon weakened
keen, with winner, led 2nd to 4th, hung right bend approaching 5th, soon weakened
behind when jumped left and unseated rider 1st
This is a bit of a guessing game, but Escompteur has some very useful French form to his name and can make his British debut a winning one. Baby Run and Ungaro are others to monitor in the betting, while the best is yet to be seen of Young Dancer and he can go well for each-way players (assuming that at least eight take their chances.) Ungaro won an ordinary bumper on his debut at Ayr, before going close in fair company at Newbury when he was last seen out. However, his yard have been finding winners hard to come by of late and he may be best watched today. Baby Run has some top-class bumper form to his name and improved with each run last term; despite his form figures suggesting to the contrary. However, he will need to settle much better if he is going to last home today and he may be vulnerable to a more experienced rival. Which we fancy will be Escompteur, who has already been over fences when trained in his homeland by Guy Cherel. Martin Pipe has previously recruited the likes of Korelo from the same trainer and, if Escompteur follows suit, he is one to keep on the right side of; especially when he goes back over fences.
