held up mid-division, not fluent 5th, headway after 7th, ridden to lead appraching 2 out, hard ridden and headed on line
always prominet, ridden and weakened 2 out, left 3rd last
not fluent 6th, always behind
led to 4 out, soon weakened
held up mid-division, headway 7th, weakened 3 out
chased leader, led 4 out until ridden and headed appraoching 2 out, ran on to lead on line
always behind
in touch, headway 7th, ridden 4 out, soon weakened
keen, mid-division until behind from 4 out
held up mid-division, headway after 7th, disputed 2nd and ridden when fell last
prominent, ridden and weakening when stumbled and unseated rider 4 out
held up rear, headway after 7th, weakened 3 out
mistake at 3rd, never in contention
Blushing Bull can keep this season's unbeaten record intact at the expense of Always In Debt, Star Prize and Headliner. Although set to carry a penalty, Blushing Bull has shown enough to suggest that he can add to his two course victories already this year. The son of Makbul looked one to follow when landing a bumper at the Welsh track in May, and that was confirmed when he made a winning start to his hurdling career here just over a month ago, handling the soft ground and step up in trip in style. The stable won that race 12 months ago with Cornish Rebel who went on to win the Challow Hurdle at Newbury, and Blushing Bull now has the same agenda. With that in mind, connections will be disappointed if he does not collect today. In truth it is hard to see what is going to stop him, with none of the others able to boast winning form. Always In Debt does at least hail from a top yard as does Headliner, but both will have to improve a good deal to trouble the selection who gets a confident vote.
