soon in rear, never going pace, lost touch 9th, pulled up before next
led, headed 2nd, stayed prominent, led briefly 7th, ridden 10th, chased winner in vain from 2 out
tracked leaders, led after 7th, headed 9th, weakened next
held up mid-division, headway 7th, led 9th, clear 3 out, eased near finish
held up, weakened 7th, tailed off when pulled up before 9th
led 2nd, headed 7th, weakened and pulled up before 10th
held up in touch, mistake 4th, in touch when mistake and unseated rider 8th
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A competitive handicap-chase can go to No Visibility with Magico, Pak Jack, Runner Bean and Smart Cavalier all respected. The Robert Alner-trained No Visibility is no spring chicken and was winning his first race in over two years when scoring at Wincanton in March. He hacked up that day and had another of today¿s fancies, Runner Bean, 29 lengths back in second. He disappointed when well beaten behind Ross Comm recently but he is taken to bounce back to winning ways here and is our selection at a potentially decent price. Runner Bean saves his best form for Huntingdon and there is no reason to suspect he will overturn the Wincanton form with No Visibility. Magico won a Huntingdon handicap chase in February having also won at Leicester and Fontwell. He has gradually crept up the weights and struggled to defy an eight-pound rise at Newbury in March, so he may have too much to do here off his current mark. Pak Jack is possibly the biggest danger to our selection. He had stablemate Made In Japan behind him when recording his only victory in a Kempton novice chase 15 months ago. The stable have clearly struggled to find his ideal trip since that win but it would be no surprise to see him score here. However it would not be a confident choice as he has disappointed in the past and we will stick with No Visibility.
No Visibility (IRE) 7-2jt-fav (10-13) Chased leaders, went 2nd at 6th until 10th, in 4th and beaten when blundered 3 out, 4th of 7, well behind Ross Comm (11-12) at Bangor 2m 4f hcp chs 0-135 (3) sft in Mar.
Magico (NZ) 6-1 (11-5) Led to 4th, chased leader, jumped right 10th, led next, ridden and headed 4 out, soon beaten, 5th of 8, 32l behind Rubberdubber (11-12) at Newbury 2m 2f nov hcp chs 0-125 (3) gf in Mar.
Runner Bean 12-1 (11-1) Held up last, headway 5 out, one paced from 3 out, left poor 2nd last, 2nd of 8, 29l behind No Visibility (11-4) at Wincanton 2m 5f hcp chs 0-125 (3) sft in Mar.
Smart Cavalier 11-2 (11-12) Held up, headway 7th, joined leaders and not fluent 4 out, stayed on well, 2nd of 8, 13l behind Walcot Lad (11-4) at Fontwell 2m 2f hcp chs 0-110 (4) sft.
Ballyrobert (IRE) 12-1 (11-6) Held up in rear, well behind when blundered 11th, 10th of 16, 46l behind Rubberdubber (11-8) at Newbury 2m 2f hcp chs 0-120 (3) gs in Jan.
Priscilla 5-2 (11-4) Held up, headway after 10th, weakened after 4 out, jumped slowly 3 out, 3rd when pulled up in race won by Lord On The Run (11-5) at Newbury 2m 2f nov hcp chs 0-110 (4) gs in Mar, 6 ran.
Young Collier 11-2 (11-12) Chased clear leader until not fluent 5th, weakened quickly, behind when pulled up 5 out in race won by Madison Du Berlais (11-0) at Exeter 2m 1f hcp chs 0-125 (3) sft in Feb, 8 ran.
Pak Jack (FR) 9-4fav (11-10) Held up, headway under pressure approaching 3 out, one pace and no impression from next, 4th of 7, 14l behind Jericho III (10-12) at Sandown 2m hcp chs 0-125 (3) sft in Mar.
