led, blundered 4th, headed next, soon weakened
held up in touch, headway 4th, led after last, ridden and edged left flat, no extra when headed close home
traced leaders, ridden approaching 2 out, weakened
always behind, tailed off from 5th
always behind, tailed off and pulled up flat
held up towards rear, headway after 5th, ridden approaching last, weakened flat
in touch, headway 3rd, ridden after 2 out, stayed on well, edged left under pressure flat, led close home
prominent, mistake 5th, soon ridden, weakened approaching 2 out
tracked leaders, led 5th, ridden approaching 2 out, no extra when headed after last, weakened close home
always behind
held up towards rear, some headway 4th, weakened after next
in touch until weakened after 5th, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
Riders Revenge and Commercial Flyer look the two to concentrate on in this Novices' Hurdle and we will side with Commercial Flyer. The gelding from the Martin Pipe yard made an encouraging debut when finishing fourth behind Distant Thunder. Although he looks the type that will do better as a chaser, he is sure to come on for that debut run and could be capable of taking this. Riders Revenge hails from the Venetia Williams yard and looks to be the main danger. He is making his debut over hurdles but has shown encouraging form in National Hunt Flat races, and he was a good second behind Monteforte last time. He ran a bit green on that day so is still open to plenty of improvement, and he will give our selection the most to do. Of the remainder, Parson Ploughman is from the Paul Nicholls yard and has Ruby Walsh in the plate and could be capable of better than the moderate form he has shown so far, while Quizzling ran well enough on his debut to be worthy of consideration, but Riders Storm and Commercial Flyer look to be the principles, and we will nominate the latter.
