close up, effort 3 out, kept on to chase winner run in no chance
held up in touch, headway to lead 4 out, clear next easily
towards rear, never dangerous
held up in touch, weakened quickly and pulled up before 6th
race keen, led second, headed 4 out, weakened after next
mid-division, headway under pressure after 4 out, weakened after next
held up in touch, pushed along after 6th, weakened next
held up in mid-division, headway 4 out to chase leaders, ridden next, one pace under pressure
held up towards rear, headway 4 out, chased winner 3 out, hit next, no extra run in
tracked leader, ridden and weakened approaching 4 out
led to second, tracked leaders after, ridden approaching 3 out, soon outpaced
behind, tailed off halfway, pulled up before 3 out
towards rear, weakened halfway, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out
held up towards rear, blundered third, weakened halfway
towards rear, pushed along four out, kept on one pace from 2 out
Monet's Garden, Kidithou, Katmandu and L'Oiseau are the four to concentrate on in this novices' hurdle and we will side with Monet's Garden. The 6-year-old from the Nicky Richards yard has the services of Tony Dobbin here and made an impressive hurdling debut when defeating Sands Rising at Kelso last time. He is highly-regarded by his yard and should take this before going onto better things. Katmandu was a fair sort on the flat and has shown promise on both his starts over hurdles. He ran well when a close second behind Skenfrith last time and although he does have his quirks he should be capable of running on into a place. Kidithou is another with claims as he was a fair second behind Letitia's Loss at Sedgefield last time. He is dropped back to a more suitable trip here and could go close after a short break from the track. L'Oiseau is the other worthy of a mention although he will have to improve significantly on his latest effort to trouble the judge here, and for the winner we return to the progressive Monet's Garden.
