track leader, mistake 2nd, pecked 10th, weakened after 12th
always in rear, well behind from 5th, detached when fell 11th
held up in 3rd, went 2nd after 12th, led before 3 out, stayed on well
led, hard ridden and headed before 3 out, weakened quickly
A modest contest and it is difficult to look beyond Ins And Outs who is likely to start at prohibitive odds. Josh Gifford's gelding was a useful hurdler and showed he has a future over the larger obstacles when a convincing 10-length winner of a Huntingdon novice in January. The son of Insan was far from disgraced behind the well regarded First Love at Folkestone last time and meets nothing of that calibre here. Croc An Oir is difficult to assess having been easy to back before showing little in a Newbury bumper on his sole previous start. Sure to have been well schooled in preparation for this, it would be unwise to dismiss his claims and any market move could prove significant but the remainder are very hard to fancy.
