held up and took keen hold, headway 5th, mistake 9th, soon weakened, behind when hit 3 out
led until 3rd, stumbled on bend approaching next, lost place after 6th, well behind from next
chased winner from 3rd, ridden approaching 3 out, not fluent 2 out, weakened approaching last
not fluent, held up, headway 6th, ridden approaching 9th, soon weakened, behind when pulled up before 3 out
chased leader, led after 3rd, driven out
always behind, lost touch from 3rd, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
Although there are three winners in the field, Can't Be Scrabble, Moscow Leader and Cherry Gold, this isn't that strong a contest and a chance is taken with Divine Mist, who showed promise in a bumper at Fakenham last year. Formerly with Henrietta Knight, this Roselier gelding was in the process of running a sound race over this sort of trip when coming to grief at the second last at Exeter. In receipt of weight from the winners, he looks the one to be with. Moscow Leader achieved little when beating Adelphi Boy at Cartmel, and looks likely to struggle under his penalty. Can't Be Scrabble has been found out by his penalty since beating Ollie Magern in a poor contest at Stratford. Using the later as a guide, Can't Be Scrabble has nothing to fear from Cherry Gold, who was beaten out of sight by Ollie Magern at Stratford. So this looks set to go the way of Divine Mist, who can complete a treble for Jackdaws Castle trainer Jonjo O'Neill.
