held up towards rear, headway and slight mistake 6th, went prominent after next, led approaching 8th, clear 3 out, comfortably
tracked leader until ridden to dispute lead 9th, soon headed, no chance with winner
in rear most of wy, tailed off from 8th, pulled up before 2 out
led 2nd, headed after 7th, soon beaten, pulled up before 3 out
always towards rear, some headway 8th, soon ridden, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
led 1st, headed approaching next, chased leaders to 6th, ridden and weakened 8th, tailed off
settled mid-division, ridden and weakened 8th, soon well behind, pulled up before 2 out
held up mid-division, stayed on from 3 out to go 3rd last
in touch throughout, went 3rd 9th, ridden next, weakened approaching last
In receipt of weight from the rest of the runners in this novices' event the four-year-old Trumpington has to be respected but is again likely to find at least one too good. The consistent Do It On Dani should be thereabouts but would arguably prefer further and, if able to show his best after an absence of three months, it will be a surprise if anything beats Jonjo O'Neill's Mighty Montefalco. A winner over course and distance in April, Tony McCoy's mount ran too badly to be true last time and after the break could be interesting.
