led, headed after 4th, led again 9th to 12th, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened
held up, headway 9th, ridden approaching 2 out, led last, driven out
prominent, led 12th, ridden approaching 2 out, blundered and headed last, kept on towards finish
always behind, tailed off 9th
tracked leaders, lost place 10th, behind when blundered 13th
tracked leaders, led after 4th to 9th, lost place 11th, rallied last, stayed on not reach winner
Black Frost, The Kew Tour and Janus du Cochet are the principles in this novices' chase and the confident vote goes to the last named. The 7-year-old beat Bak To Bill in facile fashion last time and although he has a penalty for that win, with conditions again in his favour he will be hard to beat. Black Frost is a course and distance winner that could go well but he was slightly disappointing last time behind L'Aventura, so is opposed for that reason. The Kew Tour is a stable companion of Black Frost and he was a fair second behind Silver Knight last time, but he will need to improve on that effort to defeat the confident selection Janus du Cochet.