held in 4th, chased leading pair 3rd, not fluent 6th, went 2nd 8th, led 3 out, headed last, unable to quicken
chased leader, led 6th, driven and headed 3 out, regained lead last, ridden out
led, until not fluent 6th, not fluent and ridden next, weakened after 8th, pulled up before 3 out
held up in rear, not fluent 4th, went 3rd after 8th, weakened approaching 3 out, lost 3rd 2 out
chased leading pair until 3rd, mistake 4th, last next, soon lost touch, tailed off
held up in rear, mistake 8th, soon ridden, went 4th approaching 3 out, soon weakened, went 3rd 2 out
Jedd O'Keefe's Luna Landing has the highest rating of the six runners for this selling hurdle and has claims on his best but he has disappointed in recent starts over timber and on the level so looks best watched in a race taken to go to JIMBATAI, who is preferred ahead of King Of Castile. The Evan Williams-trained gelding ran better dropped into this grade at Uttoxeter recently and he has every chance of going one better on ground that clearly suits. Just Dan has given little sign of encouragement from limited starts over hurdles, while Rahy's Crown has been pulled up in his last two outings and makes little appeal. Keith Reveley's Starbougg reverts to hurdles after a couple of outings over fences and back on the flat at Newcastle and she has to be considered but remains a maiden after 22 starts under all varieties of racing and a better bet looks to be Jimbatai. Tim Vaughan's gelding has been running well over fences in his last two outings and lost no caste in defeat in a better race than this when last over timber so he looks the one they all have to beat in this grade today.
Jimbatai (IRE) 6-1 (10-11) Held up in 5th, headway 9th, not fluent 11th, hit 4 out, well held 3 out, went moderate 3rd after 2 out, 3rd of 6, 31l behind Picaroon (11-7) at Chepstow 2m 3f hcp chs 0-130 (3) gf in Apr.
King of Castile 9-2 (10-13) Tracked leader, led 4 out, ridden and headed before next, stayed on to press winner until held towards finish, 2nd of 14, 2l behind House Of Bourbon (10-8) at Uttoxeter 2m 6f sll hdl (4-8yo) (5) gf.
Luna Landing 40-1 (11-10) Led, reminders and headed 6th, remaind close up, reminders and weakened from 8th, 10th of 12, well behind Grandad Bill (11-8) at Musselburgh 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-125 (3) gd in Feb.
Rahy's Crown (USA) 200-1 (10-12) Prominent until lost place from 6th, pulled up before 2 out, in a race won by Hoback Junction (11-1) at Plumpton 2m 5f nh nov hdl (4) sft in Mar, 11 ran.
Just Dan 33-1 (10-0) Chased leaders, reminders 5th, soon lost place, weakened before 3 out, 7th of 14, well behind House Of Bourbon (10-8) at Uttoxeter 2m 6f sll hdl (4-8yo) (5) gf.
Starbougg 8-1 (11-8) Held up, outpaced 3 out, kept on to go 3rd 1 out, 3rd of 7, 17l behind Celian (11-2) at Huntingdon 2m 4f hcp chs 0-100 (4) sft in Jan.
