soon behind, held off and pulled up after 6th
mid-division, ridden after 3 out, stayed on to go 2nd approaching last, no chance with winner
mid-division, weakened approaching 7th, tailed off
mid-division until 4th, soon behind, pulled up after 6th
behind from 6th, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
mid-division, headway approaching 3 out, soon ridden, kept on same pace
tracked leader, led 3rd, drew clear from 7th, hit last, unchallenged
behind from 5th
chased leaders, mistake 7th, ridden and weakened quickly after 3 out, pulled up before next
mid-division, hit 5th, ridden approaching 7th, weakened approaching 3 out
mid-division, headway 7th, ridden after 3 out, kept on same pace
chased leaders, hit 6th, soon weakened, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
led until 3rd, chased winner, ridden after 3 out, weakened approaching last
This is a very competitive event with Elle Roseador and Inch Pride two with outstanding chances, however we will side with Mistress Banjo. Alan King's mare put up her best effort top date when chasing home the classy Lady Zephyr at Newbury last month. She made a mistake at the last but still only went down by six lengths and may be good enough to go one better here.Elle Roseador was an impressive bumper winner here last time over two and a quarter miles and should be suited by this longer trip on her hurdles debut. Meanwhile Inch Pride is now with Martin Pipe after easily landing a Clonmel bumper back in December and should be involved in the finish here. Penneyrose Bay has a bit to find with the selection on Newbury running but does look best of the remainder. So all in all a very tricky event to call with many unknown quantities, but Mistress Banjo does appear to have the most obvious hurdles form and just edges the decision
