chased leader, lost touch 4th, soon weakened and pulled up before 5th
held up towards rear, ridden and headway to go 2nd after 3 out, kept on, not reach winner
prominent, mistake 4th, weakend and lost place approaching 5th, tailed off
held up in mid-division, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened
made all and soon clear, ridden after 3 out, hung right from 2 out, ran on gamely
held up last, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened
mid-division, jumped badly right 1st, ridden approaching 3 out, mistake 2 out, kept on same pace
Paul Nicholls has his string in good form at present and it is hard to get away from his representative My Condor, who gets the vote ahead of Basic Fact and Iron Maid. The selection made a highly encouraging reappearance when chasing home Bouncy Castle in a Hereford bumper and he has an obvious chance, provided that he takes to hurdles. Wincanton winner She's Our Daisy was well held back at the same venue last time and looks up against it here, while Cornish Orchid has shown only a modicum of ability so far. Jonjo O'Neill's Basic Fact made an encouraging start to his hurdling career at Plumpton recently and makes more appeal than Oliver Sherwood's mare Iron Maid. There is not a great deal for backers to go on here but My Condor has an obvious chance on his hurdling debut and he is the selection.
Anillusion 33-1 (10-9) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 4f out, last of 12, well behind Earth Planet (11-0) at Chepstow 2m nhf (6) gd.
Basic Fact (IRE) 5-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, chased winner 6th, ridden and no impression after next, 2nd of 14, 7l behind Almanshood (10-8) at Plumpton 2m mdn hdl (5) gd.
Cornish Orchid (IRE) 9-2 (10-2) Chased leaders, ridden after 5th, effort after 7th, weakened before next, last of 8, 36l behind Megaton (11-12) at Exeter 2m 3f nov hcp hdl 0-100 (4) gf in May.
My Condor (IRE) 4-7fav (11-0) Held up, headway over 4f out, led inside final furlong, soon hung left and headed, not quicken, 2nd of 10, 1l behind Bouncy Castle (11-0) at Hereford 2m 1f mdn nhf (6) gf in Sept.
She's Our Daisy (IRE) 14-1 (10-9) Led, not fluent 4th, headed approaching 2 out, ridden and mistake 2 out, tiring when hit last, 4th of 9, 26l behind Pepporoni Pete (10-12) at Wincanton 2m nh nov hdl (4) gs.
The Wicketkeeper (IRE) 33-1 (10-7) Prominent to over 4f out, 13th of 16, well behind Lambrini Legend (10-11) at Towcester 2m mdn nhf (6) gs in May.
Iron Maid 10-1 (10-4) Mid-division, headway after 7th, led 2 out, soon ridden, headed last, kept on, 2nd of 13, 1 1/2l behind Fairlight Express (10-11) at Fontwell 2m 4f nov hdl (4) gf in Sept.
