held up in touch, headway approaching 3 out, slight lead approaching 2 out, soon ridden, and hard pressed, headed and no extra close home
led until jump slowly 1st, ran green and chased leaders, reminders halfway, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened
led 1st, headed 3rd, remained in touch, weakened approaching 3 out, behind when mistake 2 out
held up towards rear, headway 5th, ridden approaching 3 out, no impression
held up in touch, headway to chase leader 4th, challenged approaching 2 out, hard ridden, kept on to lead close home
pulled hard in rear, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened
towards rear, weakened halfway, turned off when pulled up before 2 out
This looks to be straight match-up between Cumbrian Knight and Moonlit Harbour and vote goes to the former. The selection was a good winner when beating Day du Roy at Bangor last time, with the second horse running well behind Elegant Clutter at Bangor on Monday. The form looks solid enough and the trainer Malcolm Jefferson thinks there is still more to come from this gelding as he ran a bit green on his last outing. Moonlit Harbour is the clear danger and he won well when beating Scolt Head at Hexham. He is sure to go well again and will not be too far away at the finish. It would be a major surprise if any of the others were good enough to feature at the finish, although a market move for It's Harry could be interesting, so we are happy to side with the progressive Cumbrian Knight.
