held up mid-division, headway approaching 3 out, every chance 2 out, one pace approaching last
held up, chased leaders approaching 5 out, ridden 3 out, no impression
held up behind, headway approaching 3 out, one pace
held up, headway approching 4 out, weakened approaching 2 out
led, headed after 5 out, weakened approaching 3 out
tracked leaders, led after 5 out, headed 3 out, soon weakened
held up in touch, tracked leaders approaching 5 out, led 3 out, kept on well
held up mid-division, blundered 4th, in rear and struggling from 6th
held up, weakening when fell 4 out
held up towards rear, ridden and headway approaching 3 out, one pace
Better is expected from ROUGE ET BLANC this year and he's been found a soft race for his chasing debut. Green Belt Elite and Baseball Ted are two of the other leading candidates. The British career of Rouge Et Blanc started brightly when he chased home Trenchant in a juvenile hurdle at Warwick but he failed to build on that run in two subsequent starts. Connections are confident that they've found the key to him and, as a result, he makes some appeal on his chase bow in this company. Aheadofhistime is something of a course specialist but may be high enough in the weights for now which may also be the case with Amble Forge. Green Belt Elite is related to a winning chaser in France and it will be interesting to see what the market makes of his chance ahead of his chase bow as he didn't always look straightforwards. Baseball Ted ran a rare bad race in April but had been consistent prior to that and looks to hold leading claims in this company. Afistfullofpebbles has had one run for his current trainer, at this track over hurdles, and he's one to watch closely in the market but preference is for Rouge Et Blanc.
Amble Forge (IRE) 5-1 (11-8) Mid-division, mistake 5th, weakened 9th, pulled up after, in a race won by Launde (11-10) at Wincanton 2m hcp chs 0-120 (3) gf in Apr, 10 ran.
Phar Again (IRE) 33-1 (10-6) Always in rear, 9th of 13, 32l behind Fit To Drive (10-10) at Worcester 2m hcp chs 0-135 (3) gd in Sep.
Captain Tidds (IRE) 10-1 (10-11) Held up in last, mistake 3rd, headway after 11th, blundered badly and nearly unseated rider 4 out, not recover and beaten after, 5th of 8, 13l behind Cruchain (11-0) at Worcester 2m 4f beg chase (4) sft in Jun.
Aheadofhistime (IRE) 4-1 (12-0) Held up in touch, ridden approaching 3 out, chased winner 2 out, no impression, 2nd of 7, 16l behind Glimmer of Light (10-4) at Uttoxeter 2m hcp chs 0-105 (4) gd in May.
Arumun (IRE) 11-4 (11-12) Prominent, led 5th until 7th, ridden and every chance 3 out, not much room and weakened before next, 4th of 5, 23l behind Bollitree Bob (10-8) at Newton Abbot 2m hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in May.
Baseball Ted (IRE) 7-2fav (11-12) Led, headed 12th, weakening when pulled up before 2 out, in a race won by Aheadofhistime (11-1) at Chepstow 2m 3f hcp ch 0-110 (4) gd in Apr, 10 ran.
Josear 18-1 (11-0) Led 2nd, ridden and headed 2 out, soon weakened, 4th of 11, 26l behind Idian Mix (10-1) at Newton Abbot 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gf in May '08.
Green Belt Elite (FR) 7-2 (11-9) In touch, headway 6th, effort after 3 out, weakened before next, 7th of 11, 23l behind Galaxy Rock (11-8) at Newton Abbot 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gd in Apr.
Afistfullofpebbles 16-1 (11-7) Always in rear, ridden and mistake 8th, struggling from 11th, tailed off 5 out, 5th of 7, well behind Mocho (10-9) at Chepstow 2m 3f nov hcp chs 0-115 (4) sft in Oct.
Rouge Et Blanc (FR) 8-1 (10-8) Chased leader, weakened from 2 out, 4th of 10, 23l behind Thumbs Up (10-8) at Bangor 2m 1f nh nov hdl (4) gd in May.
Mayeul (FR) 12-1 (11-5) Soon not going well, always behind, mistake 6th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out, in a race won by Lucky Luk (10-9) at Towcester 3m hcp chs 0-105 (4) gd in Apr '08, 10 ran.
