led, ridden approaching 3 out, headed approaching 2 out, rallied flat, held close home
tracked leaders, pushed along after 6th briefly, ridden after 7th, mistake and weakened 3 out, tailed off
tracked leader, not fluent 5th, led approaching 2 out, driven out
held up in touch in 4th, ridden after 7th, went 3rd before 3 out, soon outpaced, weakened next
Orlittlebylittle duly got off the mark when dropped into selling company at Market Rasen last month but that was a particularly weak contest and he's no certainty to follow up here under a penalty. Preference is for the four-year-old RASAM ALDAR, who had some decent form before Christmas and actually contested the Grade 1 Finale Hurdle at Chepstow though was well beaten. Paddy Partridge won over 2m here in 2010 but is hard to fancy on recent form.
Orlittlebylittle 11-10fav (10-9) Led to before 2nd, ridden to lead 2 out, kept on well from last, ridden out, won at Market Rasen 2m 1f sell hdl (5) sft in Apr beating Advertise (10-5) by 8l, 4 ran.
Draco Boy 33-1 (11-7) Held up towards rear, struggling after 7th, tailed off and pulled up before next, in a race won by Kayfton Pete (11-12) at Chepstow 2m 4f nov hcp hdl 0-95 (5) gs in Apr, 14 ran.
Paddy Partridge 8-1 (11-1) Always in rear, tailed off and pulled up 2 out, in a race won by Sircozy (11-2) at Plumpton 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-120 (4) sft in Apr, 7 ran.
Rasam Aldaar 25-1 (11-5) Led until 3rd, ridden after 5th, weakened approaching 2 out, 11th of 13, 47l behind Diamond's Return (10-8) at Wincanton 2m hcp hdl 0-105 (4) gd in Apr.
