in touch, headway 4f out, ridden to chase winner 2f out, one pace inside last, lost 2nd close home
in touch, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, one pace final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 2f out, kept on
with leader until weakened over 3f out
prominent, not much room over 3f out when weakening
tracked leaders, effort and not much room over 1f out, soon ridden, not clear run entering final furlong, ran on towards finish to take 2nd close home
held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace final 2f
slowly away, held up in rear and keen, headway on outer over 4f out, weakened over 3f out
led, ridden over 3f out, headed over 2f out, soon weakened
National Hunt trainers will be keeping an eye out to see how some of these fare today and, with the winter game in mind, Tiger Frog, although worse off at the weights with Heartshead Dream, can confirm his superiority as things unfold here. Trusted Mole and Archirondel are consistent types for a race of this nature and also come into the argument on the best of their efforts. The latter does have a bit to find on recent form though and may have to settle for a minor role this time. Trusted Mole - a previous course and distance winner - has dropped to a favourable mark and, having been given a short break to freshen up, he should go well today. However, Tiger Frog is back in the right grade today and will be very hard to get past if he is in the same frame of mind he was in when successful at Hamilton on his penultimate start.