held up, headway 6th, led next, comfortable
led, headed 2nd, weakened 5th, pulled up before next
led 2nd, ridden and headed 7th, weakened
held up, some headway approaching 7th, pulled up before 2 out
in touch, effort approaching 7th, soon weakened
held up, ridden and weakend before 3 out
in touch, ridden and weakened 7th, pulled up before 2 out
mid-division, headway 6th, joined winner 3 out, soon ridden, kept on, no chance with winner
held up, headway 7th, ridden and stayed on same pace from 2 out
in touch, ridden 6th, soon one paced
behind, pulled up before 6th
held up, never dangerous
mid-division, headway 6th, stayed on, not troubled leaders
held up in touch, ridden 6th, pulled up before 3 out
Another race that looks fairly one-sided, and Sh Boom is impossible to oppose. Jonjo O'Neill's dual bumper winner was an impressive scorer on his hurdling debut at Uttoxeter, before giving the high class Lord Sam a run for his money at Kempton, and will not be meeting anything of that calibre here. A clear round should suffice, and the forecast will be harder to find. German flat winner Muskatsturm shaped well on his hurdling debut at Warwick but appeared to struggle in the bottomless ground last time. He should have a better surface here, and is preferred to Elgar, who shaped well when second to Indalo at Haydock, but has been off the course for nearly a year since then.
