led, ridden and headed approaching 9th, weakened before 3 out
mid-division, headway 6th, hit 4 out, went 2nd last, stayed on flat, not trouble winner
prominent, not fluent 2nd,lost place next, ridden and headway 8th, weakened 3 out
held up, mistake 1st, jumped slowly 4th, behind when pulled up before 2 out
in touch, blundered 5th, weakened 9th, behind when pulled up before 2 out
tracked leader, every chance 3 out, not fluent 2 out, soon weakened
always behind, pulled up before 2 out
prominent until 6th, tailed off when pulled up before 9th
held up, ridden 7th, no chance when mistake 9th, behind when pulled up before 2 out
mid-division, headway to track leaders going well 9th, led approaching 2 out, driven out
held up in rear, headway 6th, led 9th until headed approaching 2 out, weakened flat
in touch, ridden after 9th, weakened 3 out
ridden after 7th, always towards rear
Fair Question is the pick here, with Tigers Lair, Society Buck and Vingis Park three others in with a shout. The ex-German Fair Question finally rewarded connections' patience when coming good at Huntingdon last month. He has had lots of problems and has been hard to train so hopefully will have turned the corner now. Tigers Lair will be ridden by Tony McCoy, and his partnership with Jonjo O'Neill will reap rich dividends in future. His mount today has had just the three runs to date but the last of those was in Aintree's Champion Bumper in which he finished a creditable fourth. If he takes to jumping straight away, then he can go close also. Society Buck appreciated the return to novice-company when scoring at Stratford last time and can make his presence felt, while Trinket belied an 18-month absence to win at Hereford and may go chasing after this. Vingis Park has been placed a number of times and it is not hard to visualise him being in the shake-up either, but Fair Question can put his past woes behind him to record another victory.
