held up in touch, mistake 5th, slow 7th, lost touch and pulled up before 4 out
towards rear, improved 8th, 4th when blundered and unseated rider 3 out
towards rear, behind when hampered 3 out, jumped badly right left
close up, chased leader 4 out until 2 out, soon outpaced, headway under pressure after last, led over 1f out, ridden clear
led, ridden 4 lengths clear after 4 out, headed last, weakened
close up, ridden 3 out, led last, headed over 1f out, kept on one pace
held up towards rear, mistake 4 out, headway under pressure 2 out, kept on one pace
tracked leaders, weakening when mistake 4 out, behind and hampered next
held up mid-division, mistake and weakened 4 out
Jazz du Forez, Benefit and New Perk are the three to concentrate on here and the vote is given to Jazz du Forez. The selection walked over last time and although he has a penalty for that success, his previous effort when third behind Leith Hill Star reads well in the context of this race, and with conditions to suit he will be hard to beat. Benefit is well-weighted on his best form but he has been out of sorts of late and for that reason he is hard to put forward with any confidence. New Perk was pulled-up last time but he had previously finished a fair second behind the well-handicapped Atticus Finch and if he could reproduce that effort here he would not be far away. This is an extremely modest affair which will not take much winning, and for the winner we return to Jazz du Forez, who at least is in form.
