lacked fluency and never looked keen, raced in last, closed 7th, mistake next, no chance with winner 12th, still last but not far behind 2nd when pulled up before 4 out
tracked leader, led after 11th, clear when not fluent 12th, stayed on well to increase margin after
led, headed after 11th, no chance with winner from next
Towering, three times a winner over hurdles, looked ready to lose his maiden tag over fences when runner-up at Doncaster but was very disappointing when strongly fancied to go one better at Taunton. Timon's Tara made all for a facile victory at Uttoxeter in January where four of her five rivals failed to finish. She's hardly picked her feet up since so the vote goes to KRACKATOA KING. Kerry Lee's charge is another who didn't distinguish himself last time though that was a higher-class contest and his previous three runs in this grade point to his chances.
Towering (IRE) 6-4fav (11-8) Chased leaders on inside, pecked 2nd, jumped slowly 11th and pushed along, hit next, weakened 13th, pulled up before next (4 out), at Taunton 2m 7f hcp (4) gd in Feb.
Krackatoa King 7-2fav (11-9) Chased leaders, hard driven 5 out, soon no impression, modest 3rd, 3rd of 12, 32l behind Coolking (10-7) at Lingfield 3m 4f hcp (3) hvy in Feb.
Timon's Tara 11-2 (11-4) Led until after 12th, weakened after 3 out, 4th of 6, 32l behind Buttercup (11-5) at Warwick 2m 4f hcp (3) sft in Mar.
