held up, headway 8th and led 10th, headed approaching last, veered left and bumped leader, kept on well towards finish
held up behind, lost touch from 7th, pulled up before 2 out
held up behind, tailed off from 8th
held up towards rear, ridden 9th, some headway 10th, soon beaten
led until headed 10th, ridden and kept on same pace
chased leader until ridden and weakened approaching 2 out, one-paced afterwards
chased leader 1st, mid-division 3rd until steady headway 8th, chased winner 11th, led and blundered, hampered flat, not recover
Teller of Tales winner over this trip at Huntingdon on similar ground, penalty to carry here
City Express would need to improve leaps and bounds to have any chance
Crozanni behind when pulled up in a bumper, hurdles debut here, best watched
Hot Plunge winner of a bumper at Worcester, respectful form under a penalty since, hurdles debut, leading chance
Kauroa Mail (NZ) not disgraced last time, would need to improve a bit to win this but, has an each way chance
Only You having first run for respected yard, yet to race on ground this fast, improvement likely
Shafqan behind Kauroa Mail last time, no reason why he should turn the tables
Take The Stand (IRE) showed ability behind subsequent winner Spectrometer at Stratford, should be suited by trip