in touch, ridden and outpaced from 4 out, kept on from next
held up, headway approaching 4 out, weakening when hampered 3 out
held up in touch, ridden and outpaced approaching 4 out, stayed on final 2 to take 2nd after last, no chance with winner
held up behind, lost touch from 4th, soon tailed off
held up towards rear, ridden approaching 5 out, weakened approaching 4 out
chased leader, ridden and weakened approaching 3 out
chased leaders, reminders after 5 out, ridden after 4 out, led 3 out, clear approaching last
tracked leaders, ridden to challenge 3 out, weakening when hit last
always behind, struggling from 3rd, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
held up mid-division, blundered when left 3rd 3 out, kept on from next, no impression
Tullimoss and Sting Like A Bee are closely matched on the form shown in the race at Ayr won by Carapuce but the latter has disappointed since and may not be too reliable so we prefer to side with Tiger Frog, who may be ahead of the handicapper. Richard Guest's gelding landed one or two nice bets when scoring at Catterick at the beginning of the month, leading at the final flight and staying on strongly to win by four lengths. An 8lb rise for that seems fair and the four-year-old is taken to follow up. The formerly useful flat horse Transit showed his first worthwhile form over hurdles when a close fourth behind Don Valentino at Doncaster recently and has to be respected off a 2lb lower mark, along with Tullimoss, who showed enough at Ayr to suggest that a race of this nature would be within his compass. Stormy Beech disappointed last time but has claims on earlier form, while Gilfoot Breeze, who has a nice racing weight, is another worthy of a mention but Tiger Frog gets the verdict.
