jumped well, made all, ridden out
chased leaders, jumped slow and lost place 2nd, behind from 5th, took poor 3rd 3 out
held up, ridden approaching 8th, soon weakened, tailed off and pulled up before last
held up, poor 5th when fell 10th
chased winner, ridden and every chance 2 out, soon onepaced
behind, mistake 1st, tailed off 7th
chased leaders from 2nd, gradually lost touch from 6th, weakened 3 out
Not a competitive contest and Ollie Magern will be a warm order to follow up his recent win at Stratford. However, he may be worth taking on with Probus Lord, who was fancied to lose his maiden tag at Uttoxeter last week, but was an early casualty. Prior to that he had shown much improved form when chasing home Dealers Choice at Newton Abbot over a trip just short of this and a repetition of that effort would make him hard to beat in this. Ollie Magern had plenty of use made of him when getting off the mark, in a poor contest at Stratford. He will be better suited to this stiffer test, but the penalty he has to shoulder here, may just prove too much for him. Any number of contenders for the third spot including Aslapoftheeuro, who showed little on his hurdling debut, but he is open to improvement and runs here in preference to two other engagements later on this week.
