held up in rear, ridden and headway to chase leaders from 8th, stayed on under pressure from 3 out, every chance when not fluent last, no extra run-in
tracked leader, led 4th, narrowly headed after 3 out, driven to press leaders when mistake last, weakened run-in
in touch, mistake and outpaced 8th, stayed on under pressure from 3 out, never reach leaders
keen, tracked leaders, led narrowly after 3 out, not fluent 2 out, hit last, kept on gamely run-in
in touch, hit 5th, mistake and ridden 8th, soon weakened
took keen hold, held up, weakened 5th, pulled up before 8th
prominent to 4th, mistake 6th, pulled up before 7th and dismounted
led to 4th, stayed chasing leader until weakened quickly before 3 out, tailed off
lost place 4th, tailed off and pulled up after 7th
blundered badly 1st, always behind, pulled up after 6th
headway 4th, weakened 6th, pulled up before 8th
mid-division, reminders 2nd, brief effort 8th, weakened before 3 out
always behind, pulled up after 8th
Analogy was hugely impressive when stepped up in trip last time and he can win again at the main expense of Baron Windrush. The selection had run well the time before at the Cheltenham Festival so is clearly well regarded as well as being progressive. The Nigel Twiston-Davies-trained Baron Windrush comes here on the back of successive wins, and has looked very promising in the process. He is said to prefer going left-handed in his races so that is also a positive for him and he will make a bold bid to bring up his hat-trick. Nicky Henderson's Johann de Vonnas is surely better than he has so far shown, while the Paul Nicholls pair, Dusty Bandit and Classify, are others to consider, and Love Mail could be interesting at a big price, as she comes here fresh and looked fairly decent in the early part of her career.. True Lover and Fantastic Champion are others that warrant consideration but, overall, we are happy to side with Analogy.
