close up when blundered and fell 5th
led 2nd to 5th, weakened from 10th, tailed off from 3 out
jumped well, led to 2nd, led again 5th, made rest, stayed on well
jumped left throughout, held up, hampered 5th, driven and headway from 9th, no chance with first two
in rear when blundered and fell 3rd
held up in touch, not fluent 9th, hard driven approaching 2 out, no chance with winner
tracked leaders, led 4th, mistake and headed next, lost touch and behind from 9th, blundered 10th, soon pulled up
The best quality race on the card with the weights headed by the Lawrence Wells-trained Audacter, who has claims on the form of his second to Zafarabad in the skybet.com Gold Cup but has twice been well beaten since. No More Hassle has been steadily dropped in the weights but has shown little sign of returning to his best and more solid claims are held by Mark Pitman's Dealer's Choice. The son of Roselier ran well after an absence at Wincanton earlier this month and provided he does not "bounce" should be thereabouts again. Roxby Explorer, a faller latest, from Oliver Sherwood's stable, Josh Gifford's consistent Irish Option and Fin Bec, who is better than recent efforts suggest, all warrant respect but the TEAMtalk selection has to be Coastguard. Charlie Mann's gelding looked to going better than anything else when effectively brought down at Newbury last month and, if none the worse for that experience, should be good enough to beat these.
