always behind, slightly hampered 10th, tailed off from 4 out
behind, steady headway from 10th, mistakes 12th and next, outpaced from 3 out
towards rear, mistake 10th, soon lost place, blundered 14th, tailed off
behind, headway 10th, led 2 out, driven and blundered badly last, soon headed, kept on under pressure flat
prominent, led 10th to 2 out, driven and beaten when blundered badly last
not jumped well, prominent, led 4th to 10th, soon lost place, no chance when blundered 13th
jumped left, prominent, jumped slowly 9th, not run on and soon lost touch, tailed off when pulled up before 14th
prominent, mistake 5th and next, blundered and behind from 13th
A moderate start to the day's proceedings at Folkestone with 10 poor performers lining up in this staying novices' handicap chase. Topweight Tallow Bay, who is only rated 93 has still yet to win a race under rules and is unlikely to open his account here. More solid claims are held Pat Murphy's Muharib Lady. A two-and-a-half length winner over Sir Williamwallace at Plumpton last month at least gave the mare a victory over fences but that was a three runner contest and the winner did make mistakes, as she did on her next start. Canon McCarthy, who had some respectable placed form towards the end of last season, has claims if fit enough for his seasonal reappearance but the TEAMtalk selection has to be Tino. Jeff King's six-year-old overcame a lengthy absence when making a winning reappearance here over 2m5f at the beginning of the month and, provided he does not suffer from the "bounce" factor, the unexposed gelding should be good enough to follow up off a 6lb higher mark.
