held up in rear, pushed along after 8th, headway 10th, effort when not fluent 4 out, kept on from 2 out
led to 5th, led again 9th, headed next, led approaching last, driven out
tracked leaders, led 5th, headed 9th, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out
held up towards rear, not fluent 7th, headway 11th, weakened next
tracked leader, not fluent 7th, led 10th, headed approaching last, kept on
held up in touch, headway 10th, ridden and weakened approaching 4 out
held up in touch, not fluent 10th, soon outpaced
Little Big Horse gets the call here over Classic Capers and Welcome To Unos. Racing from just two pound above his most-recent winning mark, the Sue Smith-trained Little Big Horse could provide the answer here following a recent spin to clear his tubes. A wonderfully game effort from Classic Capers last time saw him short-headed in the North Yorkshire Grand National. He has been raised five pounds for that but, when push comes to shove, you know that he will not short change you. Cregg House has not won for a couple of years now, while Welcome To Unos would hold a chance based on his January Catterick win, Green Ideal is edging back towards a winning rating and could go well, while the Charlie Swan-trained Bog Oak would hold a chance based on the very best of his Irish efforts. All this said, though, the selection is Little Big Horse.
Classic Capers 12-1 (11-9) Held up, headway 15th, led 2 out, headed post, 2nd of 14, shd behind Bang And Blame (10-6) at Catterick 3m 6f hcp chs 0-130 (3) sft in Jan.
Little Big Horse (IRE) 14-1 (10-13) Held up, ridden and weakened from 10th, tailed off when pulled up 5 out in race won by Simon (11-2) at Southwell 3m lst hcp chs (1) sft in Jan, 10 ran.
Cregg House (IRE) 25-1 (10-8) Always behind, 14th of 16, 41l behind On The Other Hand (9-12) at Sligo 2m hcp hdl 0-130 gd in Aug.
Welcome To Unos 28-1 (10-10) Always behind, 9th of 12, 38l behind Whereareyounow (10-7) at Kelso 2m 6f amt hcp chs 0-135 (3) sft.
Green Ideal 10-1 (10-4) Held up, chased leaders 4 out, soon outpaced, weakened last, 5th of 6, 28l behind St Matthew (10-13) at Wetherby 2m 4f hcp chs (2) gs.
Bog Oak (IRE) 14-1 (11-3) Held up towards rear, no impression from before 3 out, 9th of 14, 28l behind Jack The Hough (11-4) at Punchestown 2m 4f hcp chs 0-116 sft.
Your Advantage (IRE) 8-1 (11-8) Towards rear when fell 4 out in race won by Aztec Prince (10-0) at Kelso 2m 1f hcp chs 0-110 (4) hvy in Jan, 9 ran.