held up, ridden and headway 3 out, kept on one pace
led to 2nd, mistake 4th, soon behind
led 2nd to 3rd, hit 9th, soon weakened
in touch, ridden approaching 3 out, weakened 2 out
always towards rear, never dangerous
chased leaders to 8th, soon behind
tracked leaders, chased winner from 6th, ridden after 3 out, weakened next
held up, hit 4th, ridden and headway 3 out, kept on to go 2nd last, no chance with winner
pulled hard, led 3rd, clear 5th, easily
prominent, ridden after 3 out, soon weakened
Tollbrae, Venn Ottery and Garde Bien are all from leading yards and they look capable of fighting out the finish, but we will put forward the latter as the one to beat. This gelding from the Ferdy Murphy yard was pulled-up in a similar event to this last behind Wuxi Venture, but he had previous shown ability when second to Ocean Dancer at Doncaster and as he is still open to plenty of improvement he is taken to score. Tollbrae ran a fair race when fourth behind Buckby Lane at Cheltenham and he loves the soft ground. He certainly has ability and plenty of heart so will not be far away. Venn Ottery has been out of sorts of late but might have place prospects if he can reproduce the pick of his form, while Amplifi has the services of Richard Johnson and is another that is not out of it. This looks fairly competitive but Garde Bien has a progressive profile and could be capable of building on his earlier promise to score.
