always behind, lost touch 9th, tailed off when pulled up before last
in touch, not fluent 4 out, ridden to lead approaching 2 out, driven out
led until 3rd, led again 6th, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, weakened approaching last
soon behind, ridden 9th, soon beaten, tailed off when pulled up and dismounted before last
always behind, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out
prominent until after 6th
led 3rd, headed 6th, ridden and weakened approaching 10th
held up, headway 6th, ridden 11th, weakened 2 out
not fluent 1st, held up, lost touch 7th, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out
prominent until 6th, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up before last
mid-division, headway 6th, jumped right and weakened from 10th
always prominent, ridden after 4 out, every chance 2 out, stayed on flat
mistake 3rd, always behind
Sam Adamson is a safe conveyance and will have professional handling for the first time over fences and that will do for us. Although he stays further than this, he proved well suited to this trip as he showed over course and distance last month, when chasing home Die Fledermaus, with the third horse home 22-lengths away. A 2lbs rise seems fair enough and he looks the one to beat. Winning hurdler Musally is only 1lb higher than his last winning mark over hurdles and must pose a threat, along with Orlando Sunrise, who is already better over fences than he was over hurdles, despite having had just the three outings to date. He is clearly open to further improvement. Raise A McGregor, a wide-margin winner at Bangor is worthy of respect, but raised 16lbs for that effort may be enough to anchor him. Just Reuben is in good nick and has a nice light weight, but we will stick with Sam Adamson, who may be capable of further improvement now that he has professional assistance for the first time.
