always in touch, led soon after 2 out, soon hard ridden, driven and stayed on under pressure flat
pulled hard, led after 1st, jumped badly left and headed 5th, headway next, soon weakened and no chance when hit last
held up and behind, hit 2nd, tailed off approaching 2 out
held up, ridden and weakened approaching 2 out
held up, headway 5th, challenging when blundered 2 out, soon ridden and weakened
in touch, chased winner after 2 out, ridden when not fluent last, one pace flat
mistakes 4th and 5th, soon behind, pulled up before last
held up, steady headway from 3 out, kept on same from pace from next
led, headed after 1st, stayed prominent, led again 5th to 2 out, weakened quickly, pulled up before last
pulled hard, in rear, stumbled 2nd, pulled up before next
Mark Pitman's Briar showed enough behind Lord Protector at Ascot earlier this month to suggest that a race of this nature would be well within his compass. The son of House Rules has shown steady improvement with each start and, with the possibility of even more to come, he will be tough to beat in a moderate contest and gets the TEAMtalk vote. Correct And Right has the beating of Ressourse on their running behind Spectroscope at Kempton but a bigger danger to the selection may come form one of the newcomers to the winter game. Last Rebel, a German import, trained by Richard Phillips and middle distance maiden Theatre Of Life appeal most but it will be surprise if any of these are good enough to beat the Pitman horse.
