chased winner throughout, jumped path after 1st, not fluent 6th, pushed along after 4 out, ridden and no impression from next but kept on run-in
never fluent in rear, went right 4th, awkward at 5th, reminder after 10th, never on terms
made all, reached for 8th, bad mistake 11th, mistake next, clear when mistake 2 out, stayed on well, unchallenged
Withdrawn
Koi Dodville took advantage of a slide down the weights at Leicester to open his account over fences. He’s won off a higher mark over timber and should go well again but JIGGINSTOWN KING has the greater scope. The latter made all at Fakenham, despite a less than fluent display of jumping, and there should be plenty more to come as he gains experience. Not Another Muddle’s losing run stretches back to 2019 while Striking A Pose has failed to build on a third at Huntingdon.
Striking A Pose (IRE) 10-3 (11-0) Chased leaders, weakened before 3 out, mistake 2 out, 5th of 7, 19 3/4l behind Pasvolsky (10-8) at Kempton 3m hcp (3) gs in Apr.
Koi Dodville (FR) 7-1 (11-4) Chased leaders, challenged 4 out, led approaching last, stayed on, won going away, won at Leicester 2m 4f hcp (4) gd in Feb beating Hiway One O Three (12-0) by 5 1/2l, 3 ran.
Jigginstown King (IRE) 9-4fav (11-11) Made all, ridden 2 out, ran on, won at Fakenham 2m 5f hcp (5) gd in May beating Abaya Du Mathan (11-10) by 5l, 7 ran.
Not Another Muddle 5-1 (11-0) Raced keenly in 5th, closer at 3rd, went 3rd 3 out, ridden and dropped to 4th before next, went remote 3rd final 110 yards, 3rd of 6, 8 1/2l behind Small Bad Bob (10-7) at Plumpton 2m 4f hcp (4) gd in May.
