in touch, effort to check leaders 3 out, stayed on under pressure to press for 2nd flat, no chance with winner
held up, headway to chase leaders 3 out, ridden and weakened soon after
made most, narrowly headed 5th, led next, headed 3 out, weakened before next
always prominent, led 3 out, in command approaching last, driven and stayed on well, run in
chased leaders to 5th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
in touch, weakened rapidly 5th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
jumped poorly, mistake 1st, in touch, mistake 5th, no chance from next
took keen hold in touch, headway to chase winner after 3 out, hard ridden and mistake 2 out, beaten before last but kept on well to hold 2nd place run in
pulled hard, held up, pulled way up to join leaders 4th, led briefly next, weakened before 3 out, pulled up before next
It is hard to ignore the claims of Greensmith Lane in this company and the Bernard Llewellyn-trained gelding is selected over Cliquey and My Sharp Grey, although a move for Sharp Spice, who hails from a yard that does well with its recruits from the flat, will be interesting. However, Greensmith Lane arrives here at the top of his game at the moment and looks to have been found a good opportunity in his quest for the hat-trick of wins today. Emily-Jane Jones gets on well with the seven-year-old and the partnership will be hard to master if arriving here in the same frame of mind that enabled him to a couple of similar contests at Fontwell without too much fuss within the last month.
