held up and behind, not fluent 1st, headway after 4th, led approaching 3 out, soon clear, easily
headway after 4th, close 3rd when mistake 3 out, soon ridden, stayed on approaching last, no chance with winner
held up in rear, headway approaching 5th, ridden approaching 3 out, close 2nd and held when blundered 2 out, one pace after
chased leader, weakened after 3rd, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
led, pulled hard, soon 30 lengths clear, headed after 5th, soon weakened
chased leaders, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened
On official ratings at least, it looks very difficult to oppose Grave Doubts. A smart performer in bumpers, he beat the useful Threezedzz and Taming at Plumpton last time out and any reproduction of that should be good enough here. He is given the TEAMtalk nod to duly land the spoils today. Carpet Princess won a Bangor maiden in a very slow time and was subsequently found out over three miles. She needs to improve in order to land today¿s prize. Mantilla is the potential fly in the ointment. She seemed to produce her best efforts on the flat on a faster surface and in her hurdling career, she has seen scant little of it. The Frost team are more than capable of landing a shrewd gamble and any market confidence should be disregarded at your peril. Emali is a winning pointer but is difficult to enthuse about whilst Don Ido will need to have brushed up markedly on his jumping.
