chased leaders, pushed along 9th, ridden and weakened before next
held up in touch, headway to chase winners 7th, ridden and weakened after 4 out
made most, jumped well, stayed on strongly from 2 out
held up in rear, headway 8th, went 2nd after 4 out, ridden and effort 2 out, eased when beaten run in
towards rear, mistake 1st and 2nd, ridden 8th, soon lost touch
in touch, pushed along and dropped rear 8th, soon tailed off, tailed off when pulled up before last
close up to 7th, pushed along 8th, ridden and dropped rear next, soon lost touch
Another good race to look forward here for punters with some above average novice chasers taking each other on with the principals looking to be Our Armageddon, Kalka Mome, Full Irish and Better Days and the tentative vote goes to Full Irish. The gelding from the Len Lungo yard was a fair sort over hurdles and made a pleasing chasing debut when defeating Artic Lagoon. He is sure to have learnt from the experience and with conditions in his favour he will be hard to beat. Our Armageddon rates the main danger, he has had plenty of experience over fences and he was a good second behind Caracciola last time. That rivals has since defeated the highly regarded Thisthatandtother in good style so the form looks rock solid. Kalka Mome is also worthy of respect he to was a fair hurdler at his best and he showed improved form last time to defeat Brooklyn's Gold. However he will need to have improved again to win this. Better Days is a bold jumping front runner who has won over course and distance but he is more exposed than most so we are happy to side with Full Irish.
