close up, ridden and led approaching 2 out, hard ridden and headed near finish
held up well in rear, ridden and headway approaching 2 out, stayed on flat, not reach leaders
towards rear, effort when jumped slow 4th, not a danger after
led, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, soon weakened
held up towards rear, mistake 2nd, kept on, not reach leaders
keen, chased leaders, outpaced 4 out, ridden and headway 2 out, driven and ran on to lead near finish
tracked leaders, ridden 3 out, soon weakened
with leader, ridden and weakened approaching 3 out, pulled up before next
held up towards rear, headway 3 out, ridden and stayed on flat
in touch, ridden 3 out, kept on same pace
pulled hard, always in rear
chased leaders, hit 5th, ridden and weakened after 3 out
held up, headway approaching 3 out, chased leaders approaching next, weakened before last
Caballe, Rainbow Tree and Colophony are three against the field in this lady riders' handicap hurdle and the vote is given to Caballe. The selection is on a handy mark at present and she seemed to win with plenty in hand at Plumpton last time when beating Prince Slayer. If she can reproduce that effort here then she should take plenty of beating. Rainbow Tree made a bad mistake last time at Doncaster but he showed plenty of resilience to recover and finish fourth behind Classic Event. Colophony has a decent jockey booking and he ran okay on his only other try over hurdles, so he is one to note in the market. The booking of Serena Brotherton catches they eye on Bramantino, but he was a shade disappointing last time and for the winner we return to Caballe.
Blue Leader (IRE) 13-2 Prominent, ridden after 3 out, soon weakened, eased flat, 7th of 8, well behind Handy Money at Wincanton 2m hcp hdl 0-125 (D) gs.
Cottam Grange 4-1 Held up towards rear, weakened 3 out, 11th of 12, well behind Jack Lynch at Newcastle 3m cnd hcp hdl 0-100 (F) sft in Feb.
Bonnet's Pieces 12-1 Led, not fluent 5th, headed approaching 2 out, weakened approaching last, 4th of 8, 14l behind Pay Attention at Towcester 2m mrs hcp hdl (E) gs in Jan.
Colophony (USA) 14-1 Prominent, led briefly 4th, ridden 3 out and weakened next, 3rd of 9, 33l behind Aleron at Musselburgh 2m nov hdl (C) gd in Jan.
Looks The Business (IRE) 4-1 Tracked leaders, led 4th to 5th, weakened after next, 12th of 16, well behind Rhapsody Rose at Bangor 2m 1f 4yo mdn hdl (F) gd.
Caballe (USA) 9-4fav Tracked clear leader, closed steadily from 5th, led well before 2 out, idled but held on well run-in, won at Plumpton 2m cnd hcp hdl 0-90 (F) sft in Feb beating Prince Slayer by 3l, 7 ran.
He's Hot Right Now (NZ) 14-1 Always towards rear, 7th of 14, 18l behind Another Deckie at Musselburgh 2m hcp hdl 0-110 (D) gd in Feb.
Rainbow Tree 4-1fav Tracked leaders, hit 2nd, led approaching 3 out, ridden and headed 2 out, weakened last, 4th of 14, 10l behind Classic Event at Doncaster 2m nov hcp hdl 0-105 (E) gd.
