led, mistake 14th, 4 lengths clear when buckled on landing 3 out, soon ridden, headed between last 2, kept on same pace in 3rd flat
tracked leader, ridden after 4 out, lost place before next, soon outpaced, switched outside and rallied last, stayed on to press winner flat, just held
tracked rival pair, driven after 4 out, chased leader before next, ridden to lead when hung badly left between last 2, found little flat, just held on, all out
Ready And Able makes his chasing debut and will look to transfer useful hurdling form to fences. Kings Ryde shaped well on chasing debut when just done for toe by Fidux in a thrilling run to the line and receives a valuable 6lb from the topweight. That may prove enough but LE MUSEE has now won a bumper, a hurdle and a chase for connections and went very close on the Flat on his penultimate start. He was impressive on his sole chasing venture at Ffos Las last month and should have no problems with this step-up to 3m. It's a tight call but he just gets the vote.
Le Musee (FR) 10-1 (10-12) Tracked leader, led 3rd, headed 7th, led 10th, clear after 3 out, easily, won at Ffos Las 2m 3f (4) gd in Jun beating Included (10-5) by 17l, 7 ran.
Kings Ryde 7-2 (10-12) Jumped left, led, driven when hard pressed after 2 out, hit last, ridden and headed narrowly flat, kept on, 2nd of 6, 1/2l behind Fidux (11-4) at Stratford 2m 7f (3) gd in Jul.
Ready And Able (IRE) 4-1 (11-12) Held up towards rear, not much room 3rd or normal 5 out, headway before omitted 3 out, no extra final 100 yards, 4th of 9, 2 3/4l behind Follow The Bear (11-9) at Ffos Las 3m hcp (3) gd in Jun.
