led, not fluent 4th, ridden and mistake last, soon headed, rallied flat, no extra close home
tracked leaders, ridden and effort after 2 out, led soon after last, all out
not always fluent, held up, weakened after 3 out, pulled up before next
held up, not much room on bend after 3 out, headway soon after, ridden and every chance when pecked last, kept on
held up, mistake 3rd, headway after 3 out, ridden and soon hampered, weakened after next
chased leader, ridden and hampered after 3 out, weakened next, blundered last
Patches, Toomebridge and Lord Olympia catch the eye here, with the vote going to Patches. Lord Olympia looked a decent hurdling prospect when winning on his debut in this sphere at Stratford on his debut and Patches showed that he had clearly benefited from his breathing operation when comfortably scoring over course and distance last time. Toomebridge is the only other one that can be given a chance and he was a little unlucky not to score at Warwick last time as the extended trip and testing going caught him out in the closing stages after he had travelled well for much of the race, although the form of that race took a knock on Tuesday. The drop in trip could well suit today but we reckon that the other pair will get the better of him, with Patches just shading the vote.
