chased leader, led 2nd to 4th, chased winner, hard ridden 5 out, blundered 4 out, stayed on but not reach winner
led to 2nd, chased leader, lost touch 13th, no impression
prominent, led 4th, blundered 17th, clear 4 out, pushed out
held up last, not fluent at 4th, reminder 8th and lost touch, no impression
in touch, ridden 13th, mistake and unseated rider 15th
Garruth is the one that they have to beat, with Springford the one to make a race of it with him. Richard Barber's charge lines up on the back of a sterling effort in the Land Rover Final at Cheltenham nine days ago and a similar effort will be enough to beat this opposition. His last visit here was an unhappy one as he lost his weight cloth and was disqualified after finishing second. Springford will probably perform well enough without being good enough based on recent efforts. The former Henrietta Knight inmate was not helped by a loose horse when second at Taunton last time but that form is not good enough to trouble the selection. None of the others make any appeal whatsoever, including Polly Gundry's mount Phar From Chance who has been in action between the flags, and this should be a simple task for Garruth.
