in touch, until last place approaching 7f, tailed off when pulled up before 3f out
led, hit last, soon ridden, headed 2f out, kept on
held up, mistake 2f, ridden approaching last, stayed on flat
chased leader until appraoching 7th, ridden after 2f out, weakened next
always behind, ridden approaching 3f out, soon weakened
Monita Des Bois should be capable of beating this modest bunch, Galway Breeze looks the obvious danger, with Just Sooty the best of the remainder. The Venetia Williams trained five-year-old was most impressive when beating Another Conquest at Towcester in February, but a bad mistake put her out of her next contest at Musselburgh. She bounced back to her best last time when a close up third behind Indien Royal and if she can repeat that performance today she will be hard to beat. Galway Breeze ran well enough behind Giogio at Wetherby last time over a slightly shorter trip. We feel this distance may be testing his stamina but he should still be involved in the finish. Just Sooty won off a mark of 104 last season, and although he should be in the shake up, he may need to drop a few pounds before winning again. Stormy Beech looks the pick of the low weights, but Monita Des Bois still looks on a winning mark and gets the decision.
Just Sooty 7-1 (11-9) Held up, headway to track leaders 10th, pushed along approaching 12th, weakening when hit 14th and pulled up 4 out in race won by Lord Capitaine (11-3) at Catterick 3m 1f hcp chs 0-120 (D) gf in Dec, 7 ran.
Monita Des Bois (FR) 4-1 (10-4) Chased leader to 6th, left in lead 8th, ridden and headed 3 out, hit 2 out, one pace flat, 3rd of 5, 4l behind Indien Royal (11-0) at Bangor 2m 1f nov chs (D) gs in Apr.
Galway Breeze (IRE) 11-2 (10-7) Held up in rear, headway 6th, chased winner approaching 4 out, every chance next, stayed on from last, 2nd of 4, 6l behind Giorgio (10-5) at Wetherby 2m 4f hcp chs 0-135 (C) gf.
Pequenita 5-1 (11-7) Held up behind, jumped slowly 4th and 5th, soon tailed off, pulled up before 7th pulled up at the 7th in race won by Toulouse (11-9) at Southwell 2m 1f hcp chs 0-110 (E) gd, 9 ran.
Pavey Ark (IRE) 4-1 (10-11) Tracked leader, left in lead 2nd, headed next, disputed lead 6th, lost place 3 out, behind when pulled up at the last in race won by Lutin Du Moulin (11-7) at Sedgefield 2m 5f nov hcp hdl 0-95 (F) gf, 14 ran.
Stormy Beech 9-1 (11-0) In rear, headway into mid-division 9th, weakened 2 out, 10th of 13, 36l behind Risky Way (10-3) at Hexham 2m hcp chs 0-100 (F) gd in Apr.
