blundered 2nd, driven and in touch 5th, blundered 11th, lost touch from next, tailed off from 3 out
led after 1st, headed 10th, behind from 12th, 5th and well beaten when blundered and fell 3 out
held up, headway 9th, blundered 11th, stayed on under pressure to go 2nd and not fluent apr last, no chance with winner
prominent, went 2nd at 7th, led 10th, drew clear approaching 2 out, stayed on strongly
prominent to 7th, soon lost place and behind, tailed off
behind from 9th, tailed off and blundered 10th and next
narrow lead when blundered 2nd, gradually lost place, tailed off 8th, pulled up before 10th
not always fluent, prominent, not fluent 2nd and mistake 9th, chased winner from 12th, hard ridden 3 out, weakened 2 out, lost 2nd approaching last, finished tired
This looks another two horse race with Nicky Henderson battling it out with Philip Hobbs. Placid Man is hard to assess on his appearances to date so preference is given to Tamango who will be determined to win following a string of second places. One drawback could be his lack of a run on this type of surface but he should still have more than his main rival on this occasion. Best of the rest could be Johnlegood who has always been thought of as a chaser and showed a decent level of form over hurdles. His jumping is slowly getting better and he could surprise his better thought of rivals if putting in a clear round.
