towards rear, headway 11th, ridden 3 out, held when blundered badly last, finished lame, dismounted
in touch, mistake 8th, ridden to chase leaders 4 out, weakened soon after 2 out
towards rear, steady headway 9th, ridden approaching 4 out, weakening when fell 4 out
tracked leaders, mistakes, ridden 11th, kept on one pace after 3 out
tracked leaders till ridden and lost place 5th, behind from 9th, pulled up before 5 out
with leader, led 10th, hit 3 out, ridden soon after, kept on well all out
led and reminders 1st, not fluent 4th, headed approaching 10th, weakened 12th, pulled up before 4 out
held up towards rear, stayed on from 4 out, ridden when hit 3 out, weakened quickly next
in rear, ridden when mistake 10th, behind when pulled up before 4 out
Sterling Dot Com makes some appeal and is the pick over Fashion House in a moderate contest. There is not too much too enthuse about here, but Sterling Dot Com showed enough on his return to warrant support. He looked a real stayer when opening his account over hurdles at Warwick a couple of years ago, but has failed to progress over fences. However, he showed good speed between the obstacles when an encouraging third on his return to action at Newbury, and the easier ground today should help as well. Although nothing special, he makes more appeal than the rest, the best of whom may be Fashion House, hard-fought winner of a match at Ludlow and who races from two pounds out of the handicap. It really is hard to say anything encouraging about the others, and so we return to Sterling Dot Com as the selection to small stakes.
