slowly into stride, always behind
chased leaders to halfway
raced wide, behind, stayed on from over 1f out, never nearer
with leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, ridden and one pace final 2f
with leaders to halfway, ridden to chase winner 2f out, hung right and no impression inside final furlong
behind, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened final furlong
made virtually all, ridden over 2f out, ran on
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, edged right over 1f out, one pace final furlong
mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, one pace final furlong
towards rear, headway halfway, ridden over 2f out, edged right and one pace inside final furlong
always behind
slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened quickly
in touch, ridden halfway, weakened over 2f out
Hello Roberto, Brave Chief and First Maite are three against the field in another tough race to call for punters and the vote is given to Hello Roberto. The selection won well last time out when beating Innclassic and although he has a penalty for that win this does not look much harder and from a good draw he is taken to defy the handicapper. Brave Chief rates the main danger on his latest second behind Lucius Verrus but that was cover a longer trip and this shorter distance looks against him. First Maite is another worthy of respect on his best form but he is very hard to win with and again he looks to hold place claims at best. Shadow Jumper was a fair second behind Stamford Blue last time and is another with place claims but he has yet to prove he is effective over this trip. Magic Amour is from a shrewd yard and should be noted in the market but for the winner we return to Hello Roberto who won well last time out.
Magic Amour 13-2 (9-2) Headway to lead over 5f out, ridden over 2f out, headed when no extra well inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 1 1/2l behind Tipsy Lad (8-13) at W'hampton 7f stk (7) pol in Sept.
First Maite 20-1 (8-11) Raced alone far side, led after 2f, ridden 2f out, headed towards finish, 2nd of 18, 1 1/2l behind Frenchmans Lodge (9-0) at Leicester 6f stk (7) gd in Aug.
Aintnecessarilyso 14-1 (8-9) Raced far side, chased leaders, ridden and one pace from over 2f out, 7th of 14, 9l behind Blessed Place (8-13) at Yarmouth 6f hcp (6) gf in Sept.
Brave Chief 20-1 (8-13) Led after 1f, ridden over 1f out, edged right and headed inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 11, nk behind Lucius Verrus (8-11) at W'hampton 7f stk (7) pol in Sept.
Dasar 7-1 (8-11) Hampered start, held up in touch, chased winner over 2f out, soon outpaced, 3rd of 9, 4l behind Mutassem (9-2) at Southwell 7f stk (7) fbs in Apr.
Hello Roberto 7-1 (8-9) In touch, ridden to chase leader 2f out, hung left and ran on to lead well inside final furlong, won at W'hampton 5f stk (7) pol in Sept beating Innclassic (8-9) by 1/2l, 13 ran.
Shadow Jumper (IRE) 11-2 (9-7) Chased leader, led over 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, one pace, 2nd of 11, 7l behind Stamford Blue (8-9) at Leicester 6f sll (6) sft in May.
St Austell 10-1 (8-13) Held up and behind, stayed on inside final furlong, not trouble leaders, 6th of 12, 4l behind New Options (9-1) at W'hampton 5f hcp (6) pol in Aug.
