chased leaders and niggled along at stages, ridden into 3rd approaching 2 out, soon no impression, kept on same pace
waited with, mainly last of the 5, good progress into 2nd approaching straight, struggling from before 2 out, soon dropped to 4th and no extra
waited with 4th of the 5 for much, not fluent 5th, last approaching straight, good progress to challenge 2 out, led before last, stayed on well to assert closing stages
raced mainly in 2nd, led after 3 out, attempted to assert approaching 2 out where mistake and strongly pressed, headed before last, no extra and kept on same pace run-in
led, mistake 8th, pecked 5 out, slight mistake 3 out, soon headed, no extra straight and pulled up 2 out
Dual winning hurdler BEST SERVED COLD has 3lb to concede all-round which won't be easy in a tricky little race but his recent close second behind Corbally Ghost over this trip in a Cork Grade 3 is the best form on offer and he can regain the winning thread. His earlier success over Pickapocketortwo gives him the edge over My Murphy on a line through the runner-up but Please Talk is likely to provide a big threat. Noel Meade's charge, a winning point-to-pointer, made all in what looked a strong maiden over 2m4f at Punchestown and this longer trip will play to his strengths. Pride Of The Artic showed that stamina is his forte when making all over this trip at Gowran and Letter Of Credit had little chance behind Fingal Bay at Cheltenham after his maiden success at Galway.
