mid-division, driven 5th, ridden for headway 7th, every chance 2 out, chased winner flat, no extra
in touch, ridden 6th to chase leader, ridden and weakened approaching 3 out
held up towards rear, ridden from 5th, weakened next, lost touch pulled up before 3 out, dismounted
led, headed 3rd, ridden and weakened 6th, lost touch next, pulled up before 3 out
with leader and keen, led 3rd, ridden when headed approaching 4 out, weakened 3 out
held up, in touch, steady headway 4th, led after 4 out, ridden approaching 3 out, challenged 2 out, kept on well
held up towards rear, headway 6th, ridden next, weakened 3 out
in rear, hit 4th and reminders, mistake and lost touch 6th, behind when pulled up before 3 out
held up towards rear, headway 7th, ridden and every chance 3 out, weakened 2 out
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 7th, soon behind, pulled up before 3 out
A poor opener here, with Our Imperial Bay taken to come good and defeat recent winner Slyboots in receipt of 7lb. The selection has shown nothing special so far in his career, but has at least run well in defeat against some decent opposition. he appears to like this decent ground well enough and is at home over the trip, so now that he has come across such an ordinary affair, he can score for the first time over hurdles. Charlie Mann will probably be confident that his Slyboots, who scored over course and distance earlier in the month, can follow up here. He may well be right, but he was driven hard to win that race and carries a penalty for the win, which will make it much tougher at the finish here. Nevertheless he should go well. Fabrezan has not set the world alight so far, but is another who could claim a place, although he gives the impression further would be better and Herecomespapin, who was pretty ordinary on his hurdling debut, showed more promise on his previous bumper start to suggest that he too could go well. But we will take Our Imperial Bay to land the spoils.
