held up in touch, mistake first, ridden and weakened after 3 out
led 2nd, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, kept on same pace
led, headed 2nd, chased leader, every chance 3 out, soon ridden, weakened next
keen close up, ridden to lead approaching 2 out, headed and mistake last, stayed on
REACTION and Architrave are clear at the weights. The former faced a stiff task in a handicap at Cheltenham last time but had been the cosy winner of a seller at Stratford before that and gets the vote back in similar company. The latter made a decent comeback at Exeter but disappointed at the same track on his latest start while Wom has found one too good in a couple of sellers recently and it's likely to be the same story here. The remainder make no appeal on current form and are up against it on today's terms anyway.
Erin Dancer (IRE) 14-1 (10-13) Held up towards rear, weakened from 3 out, 10th of 12, well behind Weetfromthechaff (10-10) at Kelso 2m hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gs in Oct '11.
Reaction 33-1 (10-13) Chased leaders, driven along after 4th, went left 2 out and weakened soon after, 8th of 16, 17l behind Ifandbutwhynot (11-4) at Cheltenham 2m nov hcp hdl (3) sft in Nov.
Architrave 9-1 (11-11) Tracked leaders, went 2nd briefly 4th, outpaced 8th, plugged on from 2 out, 6th of 11, 23l behind Farmer Matt (10-2) at Exeter 2m 7f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) sft in Nov.
Magnitude 66-1 (10-7) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened approaching 3 out, tailed off, 13th of 16, well behind Gud Day (11-9) at Uttoxeter 2m nov hcp hdl 0-100 (5) gd in Sep.
The Society Man (IRE) 6-1 (10-13) Chased leader until 2nd, close up until ridden and towards rear 5th, never on terms after, 6th of 10, 24l behind Songsmith (11-1) at Plumpton 2m hcp hdl 0-100 (5) gs in Jan.
Wom 5-1 (11-3) Held up, headway approaching 5th, outpaced and hanging right after 3 out, mistake 2 out, stayed on to take 3rd last, went 2nd towards finish, no chance with winner, 2nd of 9, 8l behind Rowlestone Lad (11-5) at Leicester 2m sll hdl (5) sft in Nov.
