held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, stayed on strongly to lead well inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakening when hampered over 2f out
held up rear, headway 7f out, weakened 4f out
in touch, ridden to chase leaders over 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong
never better than finishing position
mid-division, ridden and weakened over 3f out
mid-division, headway 6f out, ridden 4f out, chased winner over 2f out, kept on one pace, ran green
led, ridden over 3f out, all out when headed well inside final furlong
mid-division, steady headway after 6f to join leaders, weakened over 5f out
keen and always in rear
prominent and keen hold, weakened 4f out
mid-division and keen hold, ridden 4f out, soon weakened
Ar Nos Na Gaoithe probably has the best form of those with bumper experience but, in all reality, those with previous form look to be nothing out of the ordinary and this should go to one of the newcomers with Boomshakalaka preferred to Noble Sham. The last mentioned represents the powerful stable of Martin Pipe and the son of Shambo, who is related to a winning hurdler has to be respected. Mick Easterby's Malton has been running in point-to-points and has been found a weak race for his rules debut so cannot be discounted along with the Alflora gelding Good Lord but the most eye-catching runner is Boomshakalaka. Nicky Henderson does particularly well with his runners in this grade and this son of Anshan comes from the same family as useful chaser Travado so he could be quite good himself and is taken to make a winning debut.
