disputed lead until led after 5th, ridden and headed approaching 4 out, weakened next
held up in rear, headway into mid-division after 10th, stayed on one-paced from 4 out, nearest finish
mid-division, mistake 6th, some headway under pressure approaching 4 out, weakened approaching 2 out, beaten when mistake last
chased leaders until ridden approaching 4 out, 3rd and beaten when mistake 2 out
prominent, ridden approaching 9th, weakened from 4 out
outpaced and soon behind, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
held up behind, good hdwy to go prominent 9th, led approaching 4 out, hard ridden before 2 out, joined and headed last, one-paced
held up behind, headway from 7th, ridden approaching 4 out, soon weakened, pulled up before last
prominent until gradually weakened from 10th, pulled up before 3 out
mistakes, mid-division until ridden approaching 4 out, soon beaten
mid-division, headway 10th, mistake 4 out, chased leader 2 out, jumped well last, ridden out flat
mid-division, headway after 8th, soon weakened, pulled up before 4 out
behind until pulled up before 10th
driven to chase leaders from 5th, reminders 6th, behind when pulled up before 11th
mid-division until weakened quickly from 8th, pulled up before 11th
mid-division, mistake 2nd, headway to chase leader 8th, hard ridden 4 out, weakened from 3 out
led or disputed lead until headed 4th, gradually weakened and behind when pulled up before 2 out
Yquem (IRE) progressed nicely from points to score comfortably at Newton Abbot under rules recently. He can handle today's ground and despite this race being a lot tougher than his latest victory he has done nothing wrong and deserves this chance. He gets the nod in what is a very competitive race which features the most likely danger in Here Comes Henry. He progressed from being a prolific pointer to finish third in a highly competitive hunter chase at Aintree last time out. A reproduction of that form would be good enough to win here but that was a hard race in very testing conditions and today's race may just come too soon. Wandering Light won a decent race at Haydock last time following a lengthy break. That was a good run but the bounce theory suggests that he may run a bit flat on his second run from an absence. Newton Point has been in good form in hunter chases and ran well at Newbury last time and is closely matched with Mr Dow Jones on that form; both should be ones for the short-list today.
