prominent, ridden approaching 3 out, weakened before next
chased leaders, ridden and weakened approaching 3 out, tailed off when pulled up before next
mid-division, not fluent 3rd, ridden and lost touch approaching 5th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
held up, lost touch approaching 5th, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
mid-division, headway 4th, challenged 3 out, slight lead next, mistake last, ridden out flat
held up in touch and keen, headway 3rd, ridden and weakened approaching 2 out, fell last
prominent, ridden approaching 2 out, one-paced and no impression on leaders when not fluent last
held up towards rear, pecked 1st, not fluent next, behind from 4th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
disputed lead 1st, remained prominent, ridden approaching 3 out, weakened next
led, ridden and just headed 2 out, no extra near finish
held up, behind 4th, some headway approaching 3 out, never dangerous
The going will be very testing on the hurdle track, so stamina will be at a premium. Amwell Star proved she handles these conditions when finishing third on her most recent outing here earlier this month. That wasn't a bad effort and she will be more at home over this trip, but she doesn't look good enough to win a novice and is passed over. Almnadia has no easy task under her penalty and has plenty to prove on this ground. Jonjo O'Neill has his string in fine form at present and Last Theatre looks certain to run well. The winner of five races on the flat in Ireland, she shaped with plenty of promise on her debut over hurdles at Stratford, despite not having the best of luck in running and will be difficult to keep out of the frame in this. The consistent Macnance deserves to get her head in front and certainly sets the standard here, but she faces a difficult task in trying to give the weight to the three-year-old Aberthatch, who impressed on her debut behind two useful ex-flat performers at Huntingdon last week. A modest maiden at best on the flat, she appeared to find plenty of improvement on her first run over timber, and there are no worries about the ground as she was runner-up as a juvenile on heavy ground at Newcastle. She is the TEAMtalk selection to overturn the likely favourite Macnance.
