held up in touch, ridden and lost place 8th, soon tailed off
held up in touch, ridden 9th, weakened 10th
led to 2nd, chased leader, ridden 10th, weakening when mistake 4 out
towards rear, reminder 3rd, blundered and unseated rider 4th
led from 2nd and jumped well throughout, quickened on bit approaching 3 out, clear 2 out, easily
held up towards rear, headway after 10th, ridden before 3 out, pecked 3 out, soon weakened
chased leader, ridden behind leader 4 out, mistake 3 out, stayed on same pace
prominent, headway and chased winner 4 out, not fluent 4 out, pecked 3 out, stayed on one pace
held up last, soon lost touch, pulled up before 4 out
Lacdoudal, El Vaquero and Le Passing are the three we like here and we will put forward Lacdoudal as the one to beat. The selection has been unfortunate to come up against two decent types in his last two races, but his latest second behind Mambo reads well in the context of this race and he is clearly the one they all have to beat. El Vaquero was pulled up on his chasing debut at Exeter, and although he failed to complete that race, he will have to learned from it and with experience under his belt he has to enter calculations. Le Passing ran well behind our selection last time at Aintree and he would have finished a lot closer than he did that day had he not made a big mistake two from home. He is sure to give our selection plenty to think about if he jumps well here, but we are happy to stick with Lacdoudal who is given our vote.
