tracked winner, effort 3 out, weakened before next
made all, stayed on strongly from 2 out
held up towards rear, struggling 8th, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out
held up in touch, headway 8th, outpaced 4 out, rallied to chase winner 2 out, kept on same pace run in
tracked leaders, not fluent and dropped rear 4 out, soon weakened
held up in rear, reminder 5th, pushed along next, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up before 8th
whipped round start, refused to race, took no part
in touch, headway approaching 3 out, chased winner when hung left on bend approaching 2 out, kept on to regain 2nd after last
A small but competitive field goes to post for this novice hurdle but we will take a chance on Little Brown Bear over Intersky Native and Golden Haze. The gelding from the in form Richard Ford yard is better known as a chaser. However he will relish the fast ground and could well be hard to beat as his rivals have not progressed as expected of late. Intersky Native would have a chance on his second in a similar contest behind Bellacacia. However he has since disappointed over fences. Golden Haze was a fair second behind Satshoon over course and distance last time out and a reproduction of that effort would give him definite place claims. Of the remainder Son Of Snurge is in fair form and he is worth a cautionary look in the market.
