always behind, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out
led, blundered and headed 17th, stayed prominent, ridden approaching 3 out, stayed on same pace
prominent, ridden 3 out, no extra last
mid-division, mistake 10th, weakened 13th, tailed off when pulled up before 18th
mid-division, headway 15th, outpaced 4 out, rallied approaching last, stayed on
chased leaders to 7th, tailed off when pulled up before 15th
held up, headway 18th, ridden approaching 2 out, weakened last
in touch, headway 10th, led 17th, ridden 4 out, stayed on well
prominent to 14th, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out
held up, mistake 1st, headway 17th, ridden 3 out, 3rd when hit last, kept on
Hurricane Lamp is different class to these on his best form and, with improvement to come for his seasonal reappearance; he gets the vote to open his account in hunter chase-company ahead of Ridgeway and Primaticcio. The last mentioned has won his last four races in this sphere but has not been seen since June 2002 and it is impossible to know how much ability he retains. A bigger threat then may come from Ridgeway, who has some decent form in this grade and comes here on the back of an encouraging return in a point-to-point. The 14-year-old Jemaro clearly still has the ability to win races having scored in a point two weeks ago, while Bold King and Dam The Breeze are others with place claims. However, Hurricane Lamp sets a decent standard and should be tough to beat.
