held up, headway 5th, chased leaders 3 out, weakening when jumped right 2 out and last
led to 2nd, chased leader until weakened 5th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
not fluent, behind, mistake 3rd, lost touch 5th, no chance soon after
behind and lost touch from 5th, tailed off
took keen hold in touch, ridden and weakened from 4 out
led after 2nd, headed 3 out, weakened quickly, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
in touch, mistake 5th, challenging going well after 3 out, led after next, drew clear flat
mistake, took keen hold, held up in touch, headway 6th, not fluent and weakened 2 out
some moderate late headway after 3 out, tailed off
took keen hold, held up in touch, mistake 1st, chased leader 5th, led 3 out, driven and headed after next, not quicken flat
Sharmy is well regarded by the Ian Williams camp and the trainer reportedly suggested that he is a certain winner over timber. We'll take his word for it and award him the mantle of TEAMtalk's selection for the first race. Porak is bound to be racefit after a campaign on the flat. Gary Moore's gelding is arguably better on a softer surface and at the time of writing, he does not look to have the ground to his liking. Tony McCoy has an excellent record when riding for the Von Der Recke team and Translucid is their representative. He failed on his first effort over hurdles in France but the market is best watched. Backbeat has a couple of interesting bumper runs to his credit but was put in his place by First Love at Sandown last season.
