held up, weakened from 7th
held up, headway until prominent 3 out, led last, edged left run-in, stayed on under pressure
chased leader, weakened last
chased leaders, mistake 4 out, led 3 out, soon ridden, headed last, soon weakened
prominent and raced keen, ridden 2 out, weakened last
held up in rear, hampered 6th, soon weakened
chased leaders, challenging when mistake 2 out, every chance run-in, stayed on towards finish
held up towards rear, hampered 6th, weakened after next
led to 4th, fell 6th
chased leaders, led 4th, headed 3 out, soon ridden and weakened
mid-division, slightly hampered 6th, outpaced after 2 out, stayed on run-in
Sculastic, an unexposed performer on the level when with Luca Cumani, showed enough on his hurdling debut at Musselburgh in December to suggest that a reproduction of that form should be enough to win this with the main threats looking to be Millie The Filly and Something Simple. The last mentioned lost his way on the level and showed little sign of encouragement on his hurdling debut at Ayr so he is probably best left out of calculations. Lucinda Russell's Psychic Star would have claims if able to reproduce the pick of his flat form but he is another that has lost his way and has given little sign of encouragement over timber. English City is best left out of calculations and a bigger threat is likely to come from former bumper performer Millie The Filly. In a race that lacks any real strength in depth though, Sculastic has solid claims and is hard to oppose.
