pulled up, in touch, weakened and well behind from 8th, held up and pulled up before last
prominent, driven along in 6th place when mistake 3 out and soon beaten
mid-division, weakened 6th, held up
prominent to 4th, held up when pulled up after 6th
made all, ridden along from 2 out, clear before last, stayed on well
close up, driven and lost place 6th, fell next
in touch, challenged 6th until mistake 2 out, soon no chance of leading pair
raced wide, effort 5th, weakened before 3 out
chased winner to 7th, weakened rapidly next, tailed off
held up, headway 5th, chased winner from 8th, challenged after 2 out, no impression before last
always in rear, tailed off
Blasket Sound can score again over the likes of Ludere, Mister Pickwick, and Magical Day. Blasket Sound, a winner eight times in all, has his ground here with conditions sure to be testing, and is taken to add to his comfortable Boxing Day success over Dante Citizen at Huntingdon. He has beaten better opposition than this in the past and there is no reason why he should not take the beating again, despite the slight drop back in trip today. Ludere likes the ground as well and will be plugging on at the one pace. In contrast, Mister Pickwick may struggle in the going, although he does boast more recent winning form than most. Magical Day was given a strong ride by Tony McCoy when successful at Hereford in December and now has to give weight to all the others. He might be there or thereabouts again though, but we have no hesitation in selecting Blasket Sound in the seller.
