held up, jumped slowly 5th, headway after 7th, ridden approaching 2 out, weakened quickly, stayed last
always towards rear, tailed off when pulled before 2 out,
prominent to first, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
chased leaders second, ridden to lead briefly approaching 2 out, one pace
always behind, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
held up, headway after 7th, led 2 out, soon ridden, edge left and stayed on flat
chased leaders, led 7th, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, weakened approaching last,
led to 7th, ridden after 3 out, weakened next
in touch, ridden after 7th, soon behind
Apollo Theatre has the class to prevail over the likes of Star Of Germany, Kilgowan and Smurfit. Apollo Theatre still has to brush up his jumping but having been brought along steadily through the bumper ranks, opened his account at Lingfield recently with a narrow success over Twenty Degrees. Afterwards, trainer Richard Rowe revealed that his target is the EBF Final, a race that the stable have already collected in the past with Sir Dante. They obviously think that the six-year-old has more improvement to come, and will be disappointed if he does not follow up. Star Of Germany was no great shakes on the Flat and only dead-heated in selling company at Uttoxeter three weeks ago. That form does not look good enough, and a much bigger will be Kilgowan who nearly defied a 500-day absence at Chepstow, and a glance at his Irish form behind the likes of Total Enjoyment reads well enough. However, on this occasion we prefer the claims of Apollo Theatre.
