raced keenly, tracked leader, upsides from 7th, led 9th, jumped left from 4 out, edged left and headed flat, rallied and kept on towards finish
settled behind leading pair, closed steadily from 10th, disputing 2nd from 4 out, shaken up approaching last, quickened to lead flat, all out near finish
led and soon clear, headed 9th, stayed chasing leader, blundered and rider lost iron 12th, still every chance until ridden approaching 2 out, one pace approaching last
Having stamped himself as a really exciting novice chaser, Fundametalist gets the call in this three-runner affair. The selection proved himself a high-class novice hurdler, winning the Royal & SunAlliance Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. Judging from his impressive win in a Grade 2 event at Cheltenham last time from useful chasers Comply Or Die and My Will over a trip short of his best, he looks very good indeed and we are looking forward to seeing him run today. He faces just two opponents, the useful Vodka Bleu, who is a stable companion of Comply Or Die, and See You Sometime, the sole course winner in the line-up who came good over fences at Fontwell last time. All things being equal, though, Fundamentalist sets the bar at which the others have to aim and , accordingly, he gets the vote.
