slowly into stride, headway on inside 5f out, tracked leader 4f out, stayed on under pressure to lead inside final furlong
always in rear, struggling final 4f, tailed off
in touch, driven along from halfway, kept on under pressure final 2f, just held for 2nd
held up, effort under pressure 1f out, never going pace to challenge
tracked leaders, hard ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
tracked clear leader, led well over 4f out, driven along over 3f out, headed inside final furlong, just held on for 2nd
soon well behind, tailed off final 4f
raced freely,led and soon clear, headed well over 4f out, weakened rapidly, tailed off
With Ian Mongan in the saddle, Trouble Next Door looks the choice here ahead of recent winner Broughton Knows and the reasonably consistent Buz Kiri. The selection pulled too hard for his own good last time out at this track returning from a long absence and he should hold too many aces for these rivals at these weights. Broughton Knows beat a weak field at Southwell on his latest appearance but not only does he face better opposition here and carry a penalty but will also be racing on this surface for the first time. Buz Kiri has been busy over hurdles this season and has been far from disgraced. His Flat form was nothing to write home about but he is capable of winning at his best and market support would augur well for his chance. However it could well pay to stick with Trouble Next Door who can improve on his most recent outing.