held up in touch, 4th and reminders after 2 out, 3rd when blundered last, stayed on same pace flat
not always fluent, held up in rear, ridden after 2 out, headway and only 5th and 6 lengths down last, ran on strongly flat, gaining at finish
chased leaders, ridden 5th, driven and outpaced between last 2
not fluent, held up in last pair, under pressure and weakened 3 out, tailed off when pulled up approaching last
led to 2nd, stayed prominent, lost place before 3 out, soon behind, tailed off when pulled up approaching last
led 2nd, narrowly headed 3 out, regained lead and hit next, weakened well before last
chased leader, narrow lead 3 out to next, weakened between last 2
mistake 1st, held up in 7th, headway going well between last 2, upsides winner last, no extra final 100 yards
settled behind leaders, headway to track leading pair 5th, going well between last 2, led approaching last, driven out to hold on near finish
Bring It On Home, Royal Rationale and Russian Invader look the three to concentrate on this maiden hurdle and the vote is given to Royal Rationale. The selection was a fair sort on the flat and ran well on his debut behind Summer Of Love. He looks sure to have learnt from the experience and given nominal improvement he will be hard to beat. Russian Invader was a fair sort on the flat and hails from a yard that are strong in this division, he is sure to have been well schooled and he should be watched in the market. Bring It On Home was a fair second behind Lemon Silk but the suspicion is he will be seen to better effect over a longer trip in time. Of the remainder Nikos Extra and Jeu de Roseau are others that have ran with promise in the past and are from shrewd in form yards but in a race where the market will be very informative, for the winner we return to Royal Rationale.
Bring It On Home 7-2 (10-12) Prominent, ridden and headway approaching 2 out, hit last, stayed on flat, 2nd of 8, 2l behind Lemon Silk (10-9) at Sandown 2m 3yo nov hdl (3) gd.
Daltaban (FR) 13-2 (10-12) Held up, headway 2 out, unable to quicken flat, 4th of 8, 6l behind Lemon Silk (10-9) at Sandown 2m 3yo nov hdl (3) gd.
Daylami Dreams 12-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders, ridden 4th, soon weakened, 7th of 12, 47l behind Franchoek (10-12) at Chepstow 2m 3yo nov hdl (4) gd in Oct.
Eau Good 25-1 (9-7) Short-lived effort over 2f out, mainly towards rear, 12th of 13, 15l behind Caravel (9-2) at Goodwood 1m 1f 3yo hcp (4) gd in Aug (Flat).
Jeu De Roseau (IRE) 25-1 (10-12) In touch, pushed along approaching 4th, weakened from next, 5th of 10, 44l behind Mamlook (10-12) at Market Rasen 2m 1f 3yo mdn hdl (4) gd.
Nikos Extra (FR) (10-3) 6th of 10, 13l behind Qaracole Mag (9-13) at Bordeaux Le Bous 2m 2f hdl gs in Oct.
Power Shared (IRE) 28-1 (9-4) Behind most of way, 9th of 15, 18l behind Perfect Reward (9-1) at Windsor 1m 4f 3yo hcp (5) sft in Oct (Flat).
Royal Rationale (IRE) 6-4 (10-12) Hit 1st, prominent, ridden to chase winner 3 out, jumped right from 2 out, weakened, 2nd of 10, 7l behind Summer of Love (10-5) at Wincanton 2m 3yo nov hdl (4) gf in Oct.
Russian Invader (IRE) 14-1 (8-7) Held up, pushed along 4f out, headway on outside over 2f out, led approaching final furlong, driven and stayed on well, won at Windsor 1m 4f 3yo hcp (4) gd in Oct beating Watchful (9-0) by a nk, 7 ran (Flat).
