led, headed and not fluent 7th, ridden and weakened approaching 3 out
held up towards rear, headway 4th, ridden after 7th, weakened before next
held up, not fluent 5th, behind next, soon ridden, headway after 7th, ridden approaching 2 out, plugged on
held up and behind, not fluent 5th, behind next, soon beaten
prominent, not fluent 6th, ridden next, weakened approaching 3 out
held up towards rear, headway approaching 7th, went 2nd approaching 3 out, every chance and not fluent next, soon ridden and switched right, hung left and not fluent last, unable to challenge when swished tail flat
in touch, pushed along 5th, dropped rear next, ridden and weakened approaching 3 out
held up, not fluent 3rd, headway approaching 5th, led 7th, not fluent 2 out, clear approaching last, ridden out flat
mid-division, ridden 5th, weakening when mistake next, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, ridden approaching 5th, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up before 7th
Stafford King, placed in all seven starts over hurdles this season but unplaced on the level yesterday, will be a popular choice with Placepot backers for this 2m4f handicap but for those looking to find the winner he is probably best ignored. A place again seems the best that his backers can hope for. Similar claims are held by Lady Ward, who also tends to find at least one too good and may be a little high in the handicap at present. More interesting is Jeff King's Walk On By, a winner over fences, who returns to hurdling on a fair mark and with Tony McCoy booked. Wings Of Hope and Strong Arrow should not be discounted but the one with the most solid claims here is Micky Hammond's King Plato, who won hard held at Bangor a week ago and off the same mark has an obvious chance of following up.
