not fluent and tended to jump left, behind, reminded after 3rd and 5th, effort when hit 4 out, soon ridden and weakened
chased leaders, blundered and lost place 7th, headway approaching 3 out, weakened before 2 out
held up in touch, headway 4th, one pace from 3 out, no impression on leaders from 2 out
held up, headway 5th, chased leaders 6th until after 4 out, mistake 3 out, soon no impression
led to 3rd, led again approaching 6th, headed 3 out, regained lead approaching 2 out, stayed on well
prominent, led 3rd to approaching 6th, weakened after 8th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
held up, headway 8th, led 3 out, headed approaching 2 out, soon ridden, no extra flat
prominent, blundered 3 out, soon weakened
held up and keen, mistake, stumbled and unseated rider 7th
This is a competitive contest where you cannot be too dogmatic about the outcome. Parish Oak has been running consistently and is hard to rule out of calculations but his jumping wasn¿t fluent last time and he is passed over. Richard Guest has got his string in fine form and his York Rite has been knocking on the door recently. His second tom Figaro du Rocher was made to look even better when that won a decent contest next time, and receiving weight all-round he will have his supporters here. However, Its Music, a stablemate of Figaro du Rocher, can take this for the Martin Pipe-Timmy Murphy combination. He was a comfortable winner last time despite a mistake at the third from home, and Pipe clearly has a good yardstick on York Rite through Figaro du Rocher and a seven pound penalty may not deny Its Music here.
