held up in touch, headway and chased leader 12th, outpaced approaching 3 out, rallied and challenged throughout, every chance when fell last
chased leader, ridden 4 out, kept on one pace
prominent, headway approaching 11th, ridden and jumped badly left from 4 out, kept on one pace
held up towards rear, ridden 3 out, staying on one pace when hampered last
held up mid-division, badly hampered 4th, ridden 11th, soon lost touch
mid-division, ridden 11th, soon weakened
mid-division, blundered 3rd, ridden 11th, soon weakened
in touch, led 7th, ridden 2 out, led clear last, comfortably
mid-division, ridden 4 out, kept on one pace until 3 out
prominent when fell 4th
held up last, ridden and some headway approaching 4 out, one pace
held up mid-division, ridden 11th, weakened 4 out
always behind, tailed off when pulled up before last (lame)
There are many that can be given chances here, so here are snapshots of the reasoning behind that statement. Charlie's Future is generally consistent but has to concede weight to the field and Dante Citizen has been disappointing since winning in March. Legatus was disappointing on his first run for 11 months last time but had earlier shown promise and the fact that Tony McCoy is teaming up with his old boss has to be respected. Ede'Iff has chances at best but takes a step up in trip, and Jack Fuller was a fair Folkestone third last time but is also unproven at the distance. Montu is a course and distance scorer but was well held on his handicap debut, while Alcatres ran pretty well last time following a break. Two Tears has a good chance on his form of two years ago but has been lightly raced and disappointing since. Sacrifice is a bit in and out but holds decent claims if in and he is fairly unexposed at the trip. Fearless Mel put in an improved effort last time and can be given a chance if repeating it, while Presence Of Mind also suggested that better was to come last time and Paddy The Optimist has at least dropped to a more-reasonable mark now. You could begin to build a case for Lismeenan but he is eight pounds out of the handicap, which is at least one less than Will' Sillyshankers. Make of that what you will but, for us the sporting vote goes to Jack Fuller, who is a course winner and might have improvement to come at today's trip.
