held up towards rear, smooth headway to join leaders 8th, led 9th, fell 4 out
in touch, ridden approaching 11th, left 2nd when weakened 3 out
in touch and always doing well, headway to join leader 10th, left in lead and hit 11th, ridden after 3 out, ran on well
led 2nd, headed next, led again 4th, headed next, led 7th until headed approaching 9th, weakened 3 out
always in rear, ridden and weakened 8th, well behind
led, headed 2nd, ridden and lost place 6th, behind when pulled up after 9th
tracked leaders, led 3rd, headed 4th, led again 5th, headed approaching 7th, weakened next, tailed off
Shining Lights, Gabor and Silver Dagger are all capable of landing this type of event and we will give the vote to the first named. Martin Pipe's mare is making her chasing debut and will not have to be anything special to land this weak contest. She was always expected to make a better chaser than hurdler, and after showing plenty of promise over the smaller obstacles could now be ready to show her true ability. Silver Dagger was bought in for seven thousand guineas after dead- heating in a Uttoxeter selling hurdle in May but hasn't really rewarded that faith since. However he has always looked more like a chaser and could go close at decent odds. Gabor has experience over fences and didn't do badly when chasing home Donatus at Uttoxeter, and could prove best of the others. All in all it is not a race for big stakes, but Shining Lights may be safest bet.
