prominent, chased winner from 9th, ridden to challenge from after 3 out, kept on under pressure, held before last
held up in rear, headway 9th, chasing leading pair, mistake 3 out, outpaced next, weakening when hit last, lost 3rd flat
prominent to 8th, weakened quickly, tailed off
narrow lead until headed 8th, weakened before 3 out, tailed off
mistakes, prominent until mistake and weakened 9th, tailed off
with leader, took definite advantage 8th, ridden after 3 out, jumped left 2 out, in command when jumped left last, pushed clear flat
held up in mid-division, weakened after 9th, no chance when mistake 2 out, tailed off
close up until outpaced after 9th
always behind, tailed off 9th, pulled up before 2 out
held up in rear, pushed along from 8th, stayed on under pressure from 2 out, took 3rd flat
always behind, mistake and struggling from 8th, tailed off
mistakes, held up in rear, ridden 7th, mistake and struggling 8th, soon tailed off, pulled up before 2 out
A tough opener to the card and Jivaty, a fair second behind Dangerously Good on his debut, is just preferred over Jonanaud and West Coaster. Although Party Games has gone well here in the past an is worth monitoring for signs of each-way support. However, this appears to be a typical piece of placement by Martin Pipe for Jivaty and this former point-to-pointer can put his experience to good use today. The form of his debut effort under rules reads very well in the context of this race and with, improvement anticipated, Jivaty is expected to open his account under rules with the champion jockey doing the steering. Jonanaud is also going the right way and will also be hard to keep out of the frame if he copes with the ground this afternoon.
