tracked winner until 4th, prominent after, ridden 11th, outpaced 3 out
keen early prominent, disputed 2nd 4th, ridden 3 out, soon in trouble, kept on same pace
jumped right made all, mistake 3 out, ridden when blundered last, driven and all out
mostly tracked winner, ridden 3 out, kept on one pace
Zhukov won at his beloved Fontwell earlier this month but is 6lb higher now and has finished well beaten at Southwell since. This is a weak race, however, so he can't be ignored. Molinero travels over from County Tipperary but is a long-standing maiden and has been woefully out of form while Go Get Em Kid and COLDITZ were both pulled up last time. Jonjo O'Neill's five-year-old probably has more scope than his rivals but we'll give another to chance to Richard Ford's gelding who is better than he's shown so far this summer and will appreciate the slight drop in distance.
Zhukov (IRE) 11-2 (11-1) Prominent, bumped 1st, led after next, headed before 3rd, stayed handy, ridden 4 out, no extra when mistake 2 out, 6th of 11, 12l behind Shan Blue (11-12) at Southwell 2m 4f hcp chs 0-110 (4) gd.
Go Get Em Kid (IRE) 9-2 (11-12) Held up in 4th on outside, not fluent 7th, pecked next, soon pushed along, weakening when mistake 2 out (usual 4 out), pulled up before last, in a race won by Carriglea Wood (10-6) at Uttoxeter 3m nov hcp chs 0-100 (5) sft in Jul, 5 ran.
Colditz (IRE) 12-1 (10-11) Keen early, tracked leaders, mistake and dropped to rear 8th, soon struggling, lost touch and pulled up before 12th, in a race won by Ruttan Lake (10-0) at Perth 3m hcp 0-100 (5) hvy, 5 ran.
Molinero (IRE) 16-1 (10-5) Tracked leaders, 7th at 7th, no extra from before 3 out, 11th of 14, well behind Drumlister (11-4) at Wexford 2m 3f hcp chs 0-102 gf in Jul.
