held up in rear, headway 8th, chased winner from 3 out, switched right approaching last, ran on, just failed
in touch, driven and outpaced 9th, behind 4 out, stayed on again to go 3rd flat
tracked leaders, led 3rd, ridden and headed after 10th, weakened and pulled up before 2 out
ran out 1st
held up towards rear, ridden and headway after 10th, driven 3 out, weakened after next
not fluent 3rd, ridden and weakened approaching 12th, pulled up before 2 out
mistake 2nd, reminders from next, behind approaching 6th, pulled up before next
led 1st, with leader until ridden and weakened approaching 3 out
with leaders until lost touch 7th, behind when pulled up after 10th
led 2nd, headed next, headway to lead again 4 out, made rest, ridden and clear when not fluent 2 out, kept on well
in touch, went prominent 4th, ridden and weakened from 3 out
in touch, ridden 8th, lost touch approaching 4 out
A low grade event in which in-form runners are thin on the ground. A notable exception is Polish Paddy who showed the benefit of the first-time visors when an easy winner at Taunton earlier this month. A subsequent 6lb increase may not be enough to prevent the follow-up against decidedly modest opposition which includes Rainbow Dance, who is slipping down to an attractive mark and has the services of Tony McCoy, Red Stranger, who has lciams on placed efforts last term and Red Square Dawn who ran creditably in defeat last time.
