made most, ridden after 2 out, stayed on strongly
tracked leaders, fell 10th
held up towards rear, headway 8th to chase leaders, ridden and weakened 12th
held up in rear, reminders 9th, struggling when badly hampered and unseated rider 10th
midfield, headway and in touch 6th, pushed along approaching 2 out, ridden to chase winner last, no impression run-in
chased winner, ridden approaching 2 out, one pace approaching last
towards rear, pushed along after 10th, stayed on to go 4th at 13th, no further progress
tracked leaders, dropped rear 7th, soon lost touch, tailed off when pulled up after 11th
Joe di Capo can make amends for a recent luckless outing, with Tam O'Shanter, Just Strong, Little Brown Bear and Broadgate Flyer making for an interesting contest. There are quite a few that could win this, but Joe di Capo gets the nod as he was going as well as anything when unseating his pilot at the 10th here six days ago. It was hard to say whether he would have won or not but he remains very well handicapped these days, and gets another chance to recoup losses. He has also never won over today's trip but has stayed on well at the end of three miles plus in the past so should have no worries on that score. Tam O' Shanter has his first outing over fences in three years, but ran well enough when second over timber here six days ago, and is a previous course and distance winner. Just Strong would surely have finished behind Joe di Capo had the latter stayed upright last time so appears held, while Little Brown Bear finished a creditable fifth in the Durham National so is on e for the short-list. Broadgate Flyer goes on the fast ground and has the assistance of Richard Johnson so cannot be ruled out of calculations either, but we shall give another chance to Joe di Capo.
