always prominent, ridden and effort after 4 out, stayed on to chase winner approaching last, kept on towards finish
held up, blundered 4th, pushed along approaching 4 out, ridden next, soon beaten
led, ridden and headed 2 out, no extra approaching last
held up in rear, pushed along 4 out, outpaced next, kept on same pace from 2 out
held up in rear, headway 4 out, led 2 out, stayed on strongly
held up in touch, pushed along 12th, effort and chance 4 out, outpaced next
tracked leaders, mistake 4th, headway to chase leader 8th, ridden approaching 11th, out paced 4 out
A small but tricky puzzle for punters to solve. What a Wonder is officially rated a stone higher over hurdles but with his jumping over the larger obstacles appearing a little suspect, we will look elsewhere. Hades de Sienne ran his best race for sometime at Newcastle when finishing second to the progressive Sabi Sand. Carnacrack well behind in fourth. That form was upheld on Wednesday when the winner scored at Catterick. The colours of Raymond Anderson Green are often seen to good effect here and it would be far from unexpected for the horse to go well today. We will take our chances with Red Rampage. Richard Guest's runner probably found 3m6f too far at Catterick on his last start but he is proven on the ground and with the fledgling trainer replacing his stable amateur on board, there are plenty of positives in his favour. Of the remainder Lord Capitane hails from a yard that has hit form but he returns from a sizeable lay-off and has plenty of questions to answer about the ground.
