held up, headway after 5th, ridden 3 out, mistake 2 out, weakened flat
held up, keen in rear, headway approaching 3 out, ridden 2 out, kept on, never troubled leaders
keen, mid-division, ridden after 5th, soon weakened
mid-division, headway 4th, led on bit last, ran on
held up, headway 5th, ridden 3 out, not fluent and weakened 2 out
in touch, ridden approaching 2 out, weakened approaching last
in touch, reminders 3rd, ridden 3 out, weakened 2 out
held up, headway 5th, ridden 3 out, soon weakened
keen, in touch, ridden after 4th, weakened quickly, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
prominent to 4th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
keen, soon prominent, weakened quickly after 5th
keen and jumped right, led and clear to 3 out, ridden 2 out, headed last, weakened quickly
pulled hard and behind, headway after 2nd, weakened 5th
Canadian Storm, Henrianjames and Classic Croco look the three against the field in the opener with the vote going to the last named. Paul Nicholls has very few horses to run this time of the year but the few he has are generally good ones. Classic Croco comes here after a long lay off the track but wont lack for fitness. His prior form reads well enough having finished third in three competitive hurdle races in the spring of 2004 and if back to his best he will take some beating. Canadian Storm was seen to good effect at Ludlow last time out when getting the better of Waziri in a similar contest to this. That was his first win though in two years and he is not guaranteed to follow up. Henrianjames travels from the north and has been competing in better company than this so any market moves should be noted. But for the winner we return to Classic Croco.
Zumrah (IRE) 7-1 (11-12) Held up, jumped left 9th to 11th, headway approaching 4 out, soon weakened, tailed off, 6th of 7, well behind Cullian (11-0) at Worcester 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-105 (4) gf.
Canadian Storm 13-2 (10-13) Held up, hit 5th, headway 6th, led on bit flat, easily, won at Ludlow 2m clm hdl (5) gf in Apr beating Waziri (11-2) by 2l, 17 ran.
Chunky Lad 12-1 (10-2) Pulled hard, tracking winner when ran out at the 3rd in race won by Paro (11-5) at Taunton 2m 1f nh nov hdl (4) frm in Apr, 8 ran.
Henrianjames 7-1 (11-3) Held up, never on terms, 5th of 9, 16l behind Appach (11-7) at Huntingdon 2m hcp chs 0-110 (4) gf.
Mungo Jerry (GER) 9-1 (11-2) Led to 3rd, chased leader to after 7th, weakened 3 out, 4th of 7, 34l behind Cava Bien (10-5) at Worcester 2m 4f mdn hdl (4) gf.
Moorlaw (IRE) 16-1 (10-13) Led, ridden and headed approaching 3 out, soon weakened, 7th of 13, 27l behind Vaughan (11-2) at Exeter 2m 1f mdn hdl (5) gf in May.
Silvo (NZ) 9-1 (11-7) Mid-division, hit 6th, soon ridden, weakened after next, tailed off, 6th of 9, 48l behind Shaman (11-7) at Fontwell 2m 2f sll hdl (5) gf.
Roeshan (IRE) 66-1 (10-9) Pulled hard, led, headed when mistake 3 out, not recover, 7th of 14, 30l behind Makeabreak (11-0) at Worcester 2m 4f mrs mdn hdl (4) gf.
