held up, hit 6th, headway to track leader 4 out, going well and led before last, soon clear, very easily
held up, ridden 4 out, blundered 3 out, gradually weakened
held up in rear, headway 7th, ridden after 3 out, weakened before 2 out
led and soon well clear, challenged approaching 2 out, headed before last, no chance with winner
tracked leader, lost touch 8th, soon tailed off
pulled hard, tracked leaders, under pressure 3 out, soon weakened, tailed off
Old rivals Baracouda and Deano's Beano renew rivalry here and Baracouda is taken to win again. The eight year old defeated Deano's Beano by seven lengths at Newbury last time and off level weights again here he is taken to confirm his superiority over that rival. Mr Cool won a grade 2 hurdle in good style last time out when defeating Quazar but that was over two and a half miles and he has to conclusively prove he stays this far. The remainder need to better their best to trouble the judge so the confident vote goes to Baracouda
