tracked leader, ridden to lead approaching 2 out, hit, soon clear
held up, headway approaching 5th, ridden to chase leaders next, weakened 2 out
tracked leaders, ridden 3 out, weakening when hanging left approaching 2 out, hit last
mid-division, mistake and hampered 3rd, jumped left next and weakened
mid-dvision and keen, weakened after 4th
held up, headway 4th, in touch when weakening and mistake 3 out, 2 out and last
led, weakening and headed approaching 2 out and mistake
in rear, mistake 1st, never a factor
tracked leaders, jumped left and went wide 3rd, weakening when fell 5th
in touch, ridden when pecked 5th, soon weakened
in touch, jumped slowly 4th, reminders next, chased winner from 2 out, no impression
Not too much form to go on here and the obvious choice is Mud Monkey, who is selected ahead of Summer Of Love and Francesco. The selection gained a deserved victory at Bangor last month, comfortably beating the decent yardstick Muree Queen. There could be plenty more to come and he can defy his winners penalty. Summer Of Love makes her hurdles debut and comes here following a decent run on the flat behind Beau Sancy. Any money for Alan King's filly would be significant so watch the market carefully. Evan Williams has his string in good fiorm and so Francesco, who has shown plenty of promise in a couple of races to date is worthy of respect. And Your Point Is and Hester Brook are from very shrewd yards so should also be checked out in the market, but Mud Monkey has the form in the bag and could be the safest option.
Mud Monkey 4-5fav (10-12) Always prominent, joined leader when hit 4th, led 6th, not fluent 2 out, clear when mistake last, driven out, won at Bangor 2m 1f 3yo nov hdl (4) gf in Aug beating Muree Queen (10-0) by 2 1/2l, 9 ran.
Amazing King (IRE) 40-1 (8-10) Mid-division, ridden and stayed on same pace final 2f, 5th of 12, 7l behind Hessian (8-12) at Lingfield 1m 3yo clm (6) pol in Aug (Flat).
And Your Point Is (USA) 100-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, pushed along 4f out, weakened inside final 3f, 8th of 12, 10l behind Noisy Silence (9-3) at Windsor 1m mdn stk (5) gf in Aug (Flat).
Atacama King (USA) 11-1 (10-12) Mid-division, headway approaching 5th, ridden after 3 out, weakened quickly and pulled up 2 out in race won by Soliya (11-3) at N Abbot 2m 1f 3yo nov hdl (4) sft in Aug, 11 ran.
Athea Lad (IRE) 28-1 (8-9) Chased leader, soon ridden along, weakened 2f out, 6th of 7, 9l behind Cherri Fosfate (9-2) at W'hampton 6f 3yo clm (6) pol in Jan (Flat).
Avant Gardiste (FR) 20-1 (10-5) Chased leaders until weakened 5th, tailed off and pulled up 2 out in race won by Soliya (11-3) at N Abbot 2m 1f 3yo nov hdl (4) sft in Aug, 11 ran.
Francesco 14-1 (10-12) Led, headed approaching 3 out, weakened last, 4th of 9, 21l behind Silmi (10-12) at Cartmel 2m 1f 3yo nov hdl (4) gd in Aug.
Golden Peacock 100-1 (9-0) Always behind, last of 12, well behind Font (9-12) at Warwick 1m 3f mdn stk (5) gd in Jul (Flat).
Good Luck Chip (IRE) 50-1 (7-11) Mid-division, ridden 3f out, held when slightly hampered final furlong, 11th of 15, 9l behind No Worries Yet (8-2) at Bath 6f 3yo clm (6) gd in May (Flat).
Hester Brook (IRE) 20-1 (8-3) Slowly into stride, keen, soon mid-division, ridden over 4f out, driven and weakened over 2f out, 10th of 11, 8l behind Red Current (8-10) at Lingfield 1m 3yo clm (5) pol in Jul (Flat).
My Beautaful 14-1 (8-12) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed 1f out, one pace, 3rd of 10, 6l behind Ridgewell (8-12) at W'hampton 1m 1f 3yo mdn (5) pol in Mar (Flat).
Summer of Love (IRE) 7-2jt-fav (9-0) Held up, headway over 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 6th of 11, 4l behind Beau Sancy (9-1) at Brighton 1m 2f 3yo hcp (5) gf in Jul (Flat).
