held up in touch, headway 8th, led approaching 4 out, drew clear from 3 out, easily
led to 9th, weakened approaching 4 out, soon behind
raced keen, tracked leader, led 9th, headed approaching 4 out, soon ridden, faded from 2 out
held up towards rear, headway halfway to chase leaders, ridden 4 out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, mistake and dropped rear 9th, soon weakened, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out
held up in rear, headway 4 out and in touch, soon ridden, went 2nd 3 out, soon no chance
This won't take much winning and Great As Gold has been found a soft contest to follow up his Hexham victory. A moderate stayer on the flat, he looked a difficult ride on more than one occasion, but hurdling looks like being the making of him and with improvement to come at this trip, he is the one they all have to beat. Deja Vu didn't exactly shape as though he was a winner waiting to happen when a moderate fifth at Sedgefield on his debut, but while he is open to improvement, he will need to. Stablemate Intersky Sovereign showed even less on his debut and may do better in time. The main threat may come from Sea Knight, who at least showed a glimmer of promise on his hurdling debut at Wetherby recently and may have done better still had he not slipped on landing over the third last. While he is open to improvement it is hard to see him being good enough to topple Great As Gold.
