held up in touch, ridden 5th, soon weakened
always behind, tailed off from halfway
chasing leaders when blundered and unseated rider 3rd
not jumped well, always behind, tailed off halfway
chased leaders, ridden approaching 2 out, every chance flat, not quicken towards finish
led, headed 3rd, chased leaders, weakened 3 out
tracked leaders, led 3rd, ridden and under pressure last, all out
chased winner, reminders after 2nd, ridden and weakened 4th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
in touch until weakened at 5th
Honor Rouge gets the confident vote with On The Outside and Half Inch rating the main dangers. The selection won well last time out when defeating Ripcord and although he has a penalty for that win this looks easier and with conditions in his favour he is taken to win again. On The Outside rates the main danger as he was a good second behind Croix De Guerre last time and that form has since been franked, but the drop in trip is not sure to suit and for that reason he is opposed. Half Inch is another worthy of respect as he was a fair fourth behind Duke of Buckingham last time but he will need to improve on that effort to defeat the selection over trip trip. The remainder need to better all known form to defeat the selection and for the winner we return to Honour Rouge.