held up, weakened 12th, soon lost place, pulled up 14th
with leader, led 3rd, soon clear, mistake 11th, headed approaching 3 out, in 2nd and beat well fell last
held up, lost place 7th, soon struggling, some headway 4 out, left remote 2nd last, no chance with winner
chased leaders, weakened after 12th, pulled up before 14th
held up, headway approaching 13th, went 2nd approaching 14th, led approaching 3 out, left well clear last, eased towards finish
led to 3rd, chased leader until weakened 14th
held up, headway to go 3rd 4 out, kept on one pace and no impression from next
mid-division, soon lost place, tailed off and pulled up before 8th
Glinger can make fitness tell over stablemate Emperor Ross, with Green Go and Mazileo another pair of dangers in the day's feature race at the Scottish track. Nicky Richards has two bites at the cherry here but Emperor Ross does have a 332-day absence to overcome, having flopped badly over timber at Market Rasen last August. He has been hard to keep sound in the past but has won twice over fences here in the past and should be noted whatever he achieves today. On this occasion it may pay to stick with his older stablemate Glinger who loves it round here, his last two wins coming at the track. He made all last time and showed no signs of stopping, so should have no problems staying the extra distance today. In addition he has only gone up a few pounds and so has leading claims. Green Go failed to see out the trip at Cartmel last time and so should be more at home over this slightly shorter trip, while Mazileo has a chance on his emphatic success over Monks Error at Hereford. With course form in his favour, Glinger is the one to be on.
