held up in rear, headway 6th, ridden after 2 out, no further impression
held up in rear, mistake 3rd, steady headway after 6th, led between last two, ran on well
close up, driven after 6th, weakening when badly hampered 2 out
held up in rear, headway on outside after 2 out, stayed on to go 3rd soon after last, not reach leaders
held up in touch, headway and tracking leaders when fell 2 out
not fluent, behind from 4th
not always fluent, always behind
behind, blundered 6th, hampered and unseated rider 2 out
led, ridden and headed between last two, mistake and lost 3rd soon after last, weakened flat
chased leaders until weakened before 2 out
in touch, ridden and no impression when brought down 2 out
held up in rear, hit 3rd and next, good headway on inside after 6th, chased winner before last, one pace flat
mid-division, mistake 4th, lost place after next, kept on before last, no impression
always towards rear, hampered 2 out
in mid-division, weakened before 2 out
in touch when brought down 2 out
close up, hampered 2 out, soon weakened
took keen hold, prominent until weakened 2 out
prominent until weakened after 2 out
always behind
Cornish Sett remains unexposed over hurdles and looks to be potentially well treated for his debut in a handicap so gets the vote ahead of Caraman and Kyper Disco. The last mentioned caught the eye on his most recent start when not given the hardest of rides and may be capable of better than he has shown so far. Nicky Henderson's gelding rates a bigger threat than Martin Pipe's two runners Yourman and Murat, who have claims on form but hail from a stable that is out of form. Mr Boo has more to do than when winning at Doncaster last time, especially off a 14lb higher mark and of more interest may be the Ian Williams-trained Kilgowan, who won well in a novice event at Leicester last time and looks fairly treated for his debut in this grade. The vote though goes to the Paul Nicholls-trained Cornish Sett, who stepped up on his debut effort over hurdles when landing a novices' contest at Chepstow last month in good fashion. A mark of 113 looks perfectly fair and, with the stable in good form at present, he makes most appeal in a competitive opener.
