jumped left throughout, chased leaders, led 7f, headed when stumbled 3f out, soon ridden, one pace
took keen hold, led, soon clear, headed approaching 7th, soon lost touch, rallied approaching 2 out, kept on same pace
behind from 4th, tailed off and pulled up before next
held up in touch, headway after 5th, led approaching 3f out, stayed on, ridden out
chased leaders, lost touch after 6th, rallied approaching 3 out, stayed on to go 2nd flat
Shower Of Hail, Malaga Boy and Love At Dawn look the three to concentrate on in this novices hurdle and the confident vote is given to Shower Of Hail. The selection won well last time out when beating Edgar Wilde, that represents solid form in the context of this race and if he acts on this much softer surface he need only run up to that mark to score. Malaga Boy rates the main danger on his latest fourth behind Escompteur but that horse like, the selection is trained by Martin Pipe so he should know where he stands with him. Love At Dawn is another worthy of respect on his latest third behind Dunston Bill but that was in a point-to-point and he needs to find more if he is to win this. Of the remainder Seeador is from a yard in form and has place claims on his best form but is another that needs to improve to score and in a race where stakes should be kept to a minimum for the winner we return to Shower Of Hail.
Shower of Hail (IRE) 5-1 Tracked leader, mistakes 7th and 9th, led 3 out, soon driven along, headed last, rallied and led again close home, won at Plumpton 2m 5f mdn hdl (F) gd beating Edgar Wilde by a nk, 12 ran.
Killarney Prince (IRE) 100-1 Pulled hard, always behind, 10th of 16, well behind Cantgeton at Worcester 2m 4f mdn hdl (F) gs.
Love At Dawn 7-2 3rd of 5, well behind Dunston Bill at Andoversford 3m ptp gd.
Malaga Boy (IRE) 13-2 Tracked winner and keen, ridden and one pace from 3 out, 4th of 10, 25l behind Escompteur at Exeter 2m 1f nov hdl (E) hvy in Mar.
Seeador 6-1 Prominent, headway approaching 3 out, 4l up when fell 2 out in race won by Dusty Bandit at Exeter 2m 6f amt hcp hdl 0-105 (E) gs in Feb, 17 ran.
