held up towards rear, hampered 10th, pulled up after next
prominent, mistake 8th, led 12th, headed after 4 out, ridden and blundered next, kept on
led and mistake, headed 12th, blundered next, weakened after 4 out, pulled up 2 out
tracked leaders, blundered and lost place 5th, headway 11th to chase leaders, weakened after 4 out
mid-division, headway 7th, with leaders when fell 10th
always behind, tailed off when pulled up after 10th
held up, went prominent 7th, led after 4 out, headed 1f out, no extra
pulled hard, towards rear, blundered badly 1st, headway 5th, led 1f out, driven out
tracked leaders, lost place and stumbled 9th, behind when pulled up before 12th
mistakes and always behind, tailed off when pulled up after 10th
in touch, hampered 10th, weakened next, soon driven, refused 13th
One Five Eight may still be well treated judged on his hurdles form and he can follow up his Kelso win, while Sunny South East, Blackergreen and El Andaluz can all go well. The selection won off a mark of 105 over hurdles, and though consistency has not thus far been his strong point, he is still 2lb lower than that mark over fences. He does have to carry a bit racing weight here though, which is a worry, but we will just side with him. Sunny South East won over a similar trip at Folkestone last month and was going well until spooked by a loose horse at Huntingdon last time. Provided she jumps better she can be thereabouts. Blackergreen is interesting on his first start of the season and his chasing debut. The handicapper has not exactly been kind to him though, and he may have to wait for another day to win his first chase. Of the remainder El Andaluz probably wants faster ground and is not certain to stay, while Sconced is a plodder who would raise a few eyebrows if he was good enough to do better than a place. But One Five Eight is unexposed over fences and can score.
