behind from 6th, tailed off and pulled up before 9th
keen, tracked leaders, led 4th, ridden approaching 2 out, headed last, no extra
held up, headway 6th, ridden and lost place approaching 8th, behind when pulled up before 10th
led after first to 4th, stayed prominent, ridden 10th, outpaced next, rallied approaching last, led flat, driven out
led, headed after 1st, tracked leaders, joined leader 8th, ridden after 3 out, soon weakened, poor fourth when pulled up before 2 out
in touch, ridden after 9th, weakened and mistake next
held up, headway 3rd, ridden 9th, weakened when blundered 3 out
At these weights, Double Spey looks capable of breaking his maiden tag after running against some decent opponents, while Felix and Croc An Oir are likely to fill the frame. The selection has been on the downgrade on the flat, and does not have much hurdling experience. However, his four length second to Tunstall in a juvenile event at Wetherby last October would be easily good enough to land this, and with sound conditions in his favour and his fitness not in doubt, then we will side with him in what is a tricky betting heat. Felix has been tried over lengthy trips on both his starts so far and has not been disgraced. A fast ground lover, his 13 length second to Therealbandit at Newton Abbot last time was satisfactory and with more improvement anticipated he should comfortably make the frame. Croc An Oir looks best of the remainder, though he does appear to be a plodder and is likely to be staying on past beaten horses at best, so we will stick with Double Spey.
