led, narrowly headed and bumped 3 out, left chasing winner last, strong challenge as winner idled flat, just failed
in touch, ridden and lost place 6th, ran on well flat, finished fast
always behind
held up in rear, some headway 6th, weakened next
held up in mid-division, steady headway 6th, chased leader 3 out, led narrowly 2 out, ridden and jinked left before last, idled flat, just held on
chased leaders until weakened before 6th
took keen hold, held up in rear, mistake 3rd, some headway before 3 out, never near to challenge
chased leaders, outpaced 3 out, staying on when slightly hampered flat
chased leaders, blundered 3rd, blundered and weakened 3 out, pulled up before next
mistakes, always in rear, tailed off
Nonrunner
Nonrunner
Batswing is likely to be at short odds to take this claimer and is hard to oppose despite giving weight away all round; Gary Moore's gelding gets the vote over Shaman and Caliban. The last mentioned has claims on his best form but is inconsistent, while Wild Tempo is potentially well treated on the pick of his form in France but has shown little in three starts since joining Michael Scudamore. Fireside Legend has more to do than when winning a seller over course and distance last month, while Mr Fernet is relatively unexposed but needs to improve. More solid claims are probably held by Gary Moore's Shaman, who has a chance at the weights, but preference is for stablemate Batswing who has been running well over fences of late and is well treated for his return to the smaller obstacles.
