prominent, chased leaders 6th, led 10th, ridden 4 out, stayed on well from 2 out, gamely
chased leaders, ridden and weakened 10th, tailed off and pulled up before 4 out
towards rear, hampered 2nd, behind 13th, pulled up before 4 out
held up last, headway after 9th, tracked leaders, ridden and challenging when mistake 3 out, one-paced when hit last
chased leaders, ridden 13th, stayed on one-paced from 3 out
mid-division, ridden 14th, one-paced from 4 out
prominent, ridden 12th, behind when pulled up before 3 out
held up last, not fluent 9th, ridden and weakened when blundered 4 out
prominent, chased leaders and ridden 14th, weakened approaching 4 out, pulled up before 2 out
in touch, ridden 13th and tracked leader, challenged 3 out, weakened from last
led, ridden and headed 10th, soon weakened, behind when jumped badly right from 3 out
refused to race
held up in mid-division, headway 12th, ridden and stayed on one-paced from 4 out
held up towards rear, mistake 8th, fell 9th
Quite a competitive if uninspiring chase, which can go the way of Manodee, who seemed to find some improvement when winning a small race at Huntingdon. That was his first outing for Venetia Williams and off a 6lb higher mark, he should be capable of following up. The lightly raced Never Wonder goes well fresh and is capable of a bold bid, despite carrying top weight, while others to consider include Existential, who doesn't look badly treated despite having had only one outing over fences, Millersford, who has won off a 3lb higher mark and Brendan Powell's Watership Down.
