prominent, led 3rd, fell next
keen, held up, left in 2nd after 4th, joined leader after 4 out, ridden approaching 2 out, soon beaten
held up, blundered badly and unseated rider 2nd
held up, hampered and left in 3rd after 4th, left in lead 4 out, ridden approaching last, stumbled on landing, ran on
held up, left in lead after 4th, unseated rider 4 out
A small but competitive field goes to post for this handicap chase and the main protagonists look to be Great Travel, Sharmy, and Selberry and the confident vote goes to Great Travel. The selection won well last time out when defeating Old Marsh and although he is rising in the weights he will be hard to beat with conditions again in his favour. Sharmy rates the main danger as he was a fair third behind Leaburn last time and he is another that will like the ground. Selberry was third behind Koquelicot last time but that form has since been let down and although the drop in trip will suit he will need to improve to score. The remaining runners need to improve significantly on their latest efforts to trouble the judge so for the winner we return to Great Travel.
