held up, headway to go 2nd over 6f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
made all, soon clear, ridden over 2f out, unchallenged
in touch, ridden over 7f out, weakened over 6f out
mid-division, ridden over 7f out, soon weakened
held up, headway over 6f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
mid-division, soon pushed along, ridden 7f out, headway over 4f out, stayed on to go 2nd well inside final furlong, no chance with winner
chased winner to over 6f out, weakened quickly
keen, in touch, ridden over 7f out, weakened quickly
High Tech Made has obvious form claims here and should go well under Tony McCoy, but we will take a chance on Montecorvino, with the debutantes Rathcannon Man and Flintoff both worth a mention.The selection was bought out of Mario Hofer's German yard after finishing an excellent second to Bayside at Catterick on his debut.He was backed down to second favourite in that contest and may be capable of recouping the losses today. High Tech Made landed quite a valuable Leopardstown bumper last season and is certain to be in the shake up despite his winners penalty. Rathcannon Man hails from the in form Alan King yard and should be noted for any market moves. The same applies to the very well bred Flintoff who is trained by Richard Guest. None of the others jump out from the page and so the winner should come from the four mentioned and we will give the vote to Montecorvino
