held up in touch, headway halfway, ridden to challenge 2 out, stayed on strongly to lead run-in
towards rear, weakened halfway, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out
mid-division, pushed along approaching 4 out, soon ridden and weakened
not fluent, mid-division, mistake 3rd, ridden approaching 3 out, no impression
mid-division, pushed along approaching 3 out, ridden and effort next, every chance run-in, kept on
led, headed 6th, weakened approaching 3 out, behind when blundered next
tracked leaders, weakened approaching 3 out
tracked leader, led 6th, headed 2 out, one pace under pressure
mid-division, mistake 5th, headway under pressure 3 out, no impression from next
towards rear, never dangerous
towards rear, mistake 4th, weakened halfway
in touch, headway to track leaders halfway, ridden approaching 3 out, weakened before next
towards rear, never dangerous
not fluent, mid-division, mistake 4th, struggling from 4 out
held up in rear, headway approaching 3 out, soon ridden and no impression
held up, headway to track leaders 5th, led 2 out, headed run-in, no extra
This is not as daunting as it looks on paper and Moscow Leader, who won in fine style at Kelso earlier in the week, is fancied to carry his 7lb penalty without too many problems in this company. Paphian Bay, Sir Homo and Now Then Sid are others who have to be considered and will make this a good test for the Richard Guest-trained selection. However, the son of Moscow Society travelled smoothly for Larry McGrath at Kelso and was accurate when meeting his hurdles, which created the impression that there are more races to be won with him. And Moscow Leader can start here if all goes to plan.
