in touch, hit 2nd, headway 9th, fell next
with winner, ridden after 12th, weakened approaching 3 out
behind from 9th, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out
made all, mistakes 2 out, soon ridden, just held on
held up in touch, ridden to chase leading pair approaching 3 out, weakened approaching last
chased leaders, hit 7th, weakening when hampered 10th, pulled up before 3 out
in touch, ridden after 12, kept on same pace
never travelling in rear, tailed off from 10th
held up behind, headway approaching 9th, ridden after 12th, rallied approaching last, stayed on, just failed
Le Jaguar gets all the allowances here and can beat Ile de Paris and Jivaty. The Paul Nichols trained gelding is steadily improving with each outing and with each step up in trip. Over two miles and five furlongs last time he did well to finish four lengths behind Calvic. The extra couple of furlongs today shouldn't be a problem and it looks his best chance of the season. Ile de Paris and Jivaty met over course and distance in December, with the Philip Hobbs runner coming out best. There was just two lengths between them in that contest won by Trust Fund and on identical terms today Ile de Paris should confirm the form. The best of the others should be Lesdream, a decent handicap hurdler making his chase debut. So not a race to go overboard where betting is concerned, but Le Jaguar does hold strong claims and just gets the nod
