took keen hold, led, headed over 3f out, weakened over 1f
always towards rear
held up, headway halfway, ridden and weakened over 4f out, eased final 2f, broke blood vessel
chased leaders, ridden over 4f out, weakened 2f out
held up in touch, headway over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace
chased leaders, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, left in lead over 1f out, ridden out
held up, headway over 6f out, ridden over 2f out, left 3rd over 1f out, stayed on
held up, headway after 7f, ridden and effort over 3f out, kept on same pace
in touch, lost place and driven along from 9f out, rallied to lead over 2f out, 4 lengths clear when ran out over 1f out
Some top stables represented here, Nicky Henderson runs Antinomy, Henrietta Knight Ice Bucket and Paul Nicholls Earth Moving, but we will side with another debutante and give the vote to Brendan Powell's Men Of Destiny. The market will of course provide an invaluable guide but Men Of Destiny does have a very nice pedigree, he is a Saddlers Well's colt out of a winning hurdler. The stable do like to win the odd bumper as well so he does have a lot in his favour. Antimony is an Anshan mare out of a bumper winner so has to be respected, while Ice Bucket is by Glacial Storm and Earth Moving is a half brother to winning hurdler Jack Fuller. All three could really be anything so we are taking a bit of a chance selecting Men Of Destiny, but so long as he doesn't drift alarmingly in the betting he does have as a good a claim as any and gets our tentative vote.
