held up in touch, pecked 7th, approaching 4 out, hit next, led 2 out, ridden and headed last, kept on
held up in touch, headway approaching 9th, ridden approaching 3 out, outpaced from next
chased leader, hit 4th effort after 5 out, soon weakened
held up, blundered 9th, headway approaching 4 out, ridden to lead last, kept on well, flat
held up in touch, ridden approach 3 out, outpaced from next
held up, mistake 6th, weakened from 10th
led, blundered 9th, ridden and headed 2 out, one pace
held up, lost place approaching 12th
tracked leaders, weakened from 5 out, blundered and unseated rider next
Celtic Legend gets the confident vote in this amateur riders¿ handicap chase with Atomic Breeze and Pornic put forward as the most likely dangers. The selection found himself short of room when narrowly beaten in a driving finish at Sedgefield last time behind Caribbean Cove. This is a slightly easier race and with conditions to suit he will not get a better opportunity to get his head in front. Atomic Breeze was 15lbs out of the handicap when putting up a much-improved effort when fourth behind Weaver George last time, but he is dropped in trip here and as all his best form has been over further he is hard to recommend. Pornic has a leading amateur on board and he is eased in grade slightly, but he is fairly exposed and a place looks the best that he can hope for. Mr Laggan is interesting as he won this race last year, but he has been badly out of form of late and can't be backed with any confidence. This is an interesting contest to open the card, and we will give the nomination to Celtic Legend.
