led, headed 3 out, ridden and one pace from next
with leader, led 3 out, readily
Ulusaba has a big fitness edge and can make it count against his three rivals, the best of whom may be Ain Tecbalet. Ulusaba is improving with each run and connections will be confident that Ferdy Murphy's seven-year-old can open his account for the season. A winner twice over fences in the past, he needs fast ground and a strongly-run race, so hopefully they will not go too slow here, otherwise Davy Russell will have to make his own pace. Shah has a long, long absence to overcome, and it is he can do the donkey work before blowing up, while Ain Tecbalet, having his first outing since April, was a winner over fences in France, but will find conditions much too fast here on his return. So, we take Ulusaba to win comfortably.
