led and keen, headed 4th, mistake when weakening 8th, fell next
held up, headway 8th, ridden 3 out, challenging when pulled up soon after, lame
towards rear, mistake 3rd, ridden 8th, weakening when brought down 9th (wore cheek pieces)
keen and held up, went prominent after 2nd, headway 8th, led next, left clear approaching 2 out, unchallenged
prominent and keen, led approaching 4th, not fluent 6th, headed 9th, soon weakened and behind
held up, reminders 3rd, hit 7th, ridden and lost place 8th, behind when pulled up before 9th
held up tracking leaders, headway 8th, ridden 4 out, weakening when not fluent 3 out, left 2nd approaching 2 out, tired when mistake last
always towards rear, tailed off when pulled up before 8th
Another uninspiring contest but it also presents a winning opportunity for Lago Di Levico who earns the TEAMtalk vote. The five-year-old made a promising return when looking likely to prevail in a novice at Hereford last month before a mistake at the second last cost him a winning chance. The son of Pelder still managed to finish a close runner-up and should prove hard to beat if reproducing the same level of form. Irish import Frentzen lost his way on the level and Buckby Lane has shown little over timber so a bigger danger may prove to be Jake The Jumper who has claims on his second at Warwick in May if fit for his first start since.
