tracked leader, led 4th, headed 8th, led again next, ridden and headed 3 out, weakened before next (wore cheek pieces)
held up, went prominent 7th, headway 4 out, led next, ridden 2 out, headed and no extra flat
(bolted bef start) led, headed 4th, led again 8th, ridden and headed next, weakened 3 out
held up, headway 8th, ridden after 3 out, went 2nd next, led flat, all out
in touch, ridden and weakened 4 out, behind when pulled up before 2 out (wore cheek pieces)
tracked leaders, went prominent 6th, ridden 4 out, weakened next
in rear, ridden and outpaced 9th, stayed on from 3 out, every chance flat, no extra close home (wore cheek pieces)
Richie's Delight has been in good form of late and will handle the forecast good to firm going so is narrowly preferred as the TEAMtalk selection in the closer. Ferdy Murphy's charge was a fine runner-up in a similar contest at Huntingdon last time and looks the safest option with question marks against the opposition. Guru should appreciate the step up in trip and is probably capable of further progress but may find conditions faster than ideal while Just A Minute ran abysmally on his handicap bow in June and has not been seen since and Safe Enough looks poor on the evidence to date.