in touch, chased leaders and hit 6 out, no impression from 4 out
held up in rear, 7 lengths down in 3rd and looking held when blundered and unseated rider 4 out
made all, hit 3rd, ridden 2 out, clear approaching last, stayed on well
tracked leaders in 3rd, reminders after 12th, hit 6 out, soon weakened
tracked winner throughtout, challenged 3 out, switched left approaching 2 out, soon no chance with winner
JUNIOR will never be bombproof but his trainer could not have found a better opportunity and he is selected ahead of Silver Bay. Officially rated 131, the selection ran a decent race when third to Latanier at Ffos Las recently. Considering the jockeys fell asleep and allowed Latanier an easy lead, that was a pretty good effort and his class really should see him win this bar a fall. Oscar Owen is a poor hurdler who has his second run over fences today, Allterrain ran in a good race at Plumpton on his chasing bow but was beaten out of sight and hasn't been seen since, whilst Greenandredparson is a former point-to-point winner who should find this as tough as when facing Burton Port last month. Silver Bay is the obvious choice to fill second spot; he has shaped with a hint of promise in two runs over fences and on the figures he is entitled to chase the favourite home with this better ground in his favour. However this looks a straight-forward opportunity for Junior to break his duck over fences.
Allterrain (IRE) 100-1 (10-12) Tracked leading pair until mistake and weakened 9th, soon in rear, tailed off, last of 5, 40l behind Bensalem (11-1) at Plumpton 2m 4f nov chs (3) hvy in Nov.
Greenandredparson (IRE) 250-1 (10-7) Held up, hit 10th, weakened approaching 12th, blundered 14th, 4th of 5, well behind Burton Port (11-8) at Southwell 3m nov chs (3) sft in Feb.
Junior 13-2 (10-12) Not fluent, in touch, tracked leaders from 8th, blundered next, stayed on same pace from 4 out, 3rd of 8, 11l behind Latanier (11-4) at Ffos Las 2m 5f nov stks (3) gs in Feb.
Oscar Owen (IRE) 14-1 (11-3) Prominent, led 3rd to 4th, ridden approaching 7th, weakened well before 3 out, 5th of 14, 33l behind Sovereign Spirit (11-3) at Leicester 2m 4f sell hcp hdl 0-90 (5) gf in Dec.
Silver Bay 16-1 (10-6) Held up, mistake 10th, struggling 12th, soon lost touch, tailed off, 4th of 5, well behind Kawagino (10-12) at Plumpton 3m 2f nov hcp chs (3) gs in Jan.
