It was a game effort by Joey Tribbiani to stay on as he did up the run in at Hereford and win last time out. However, a 7lb rise for that, plus more testing conditions here suggest that he will find it very hard to follow up. Instead, we will go for top weight Pounsley Mill. The 10-year-old gets in here off a mark of 90 after being off the track for almost two years. However, if he retains anything like the ability that saw him reach a mark of 114 over hurdles and he is straight enough first time, then he may well be up to this. He get the vote. Italian Counsel has his supporters and has a better chance given a slight drop in his handicap mark for this, but it is difficult to see him being good enough, while Ashbury Star looks a better proposition after tumbling down the handicap recently and a big run off this mark would be no surprise.
