in touch, ridden 14th, outpaced 15th, rallied after 3 out, stayed on same pace
in touch, weakened 14th, pulled up before 15th
mid-division, ridden 16th, weakened 17th, tailed off and pulled up before last
held up in touch, headway on bit after 17th, outpaced 4 out, ridden and challenged 2 out, every chance last, ran on but not pace of winner
towards rear, headway after 14th, ridden after 4 out, led 2 out, hard ridden and ran on well flat, gamely
held up mid-division, blundered 2nd, headway 12th, ridden 16th and chased leader, challenged and led 4 out, headed before 3 out, soon weakened
held up mid-division, ridden 17th, soon weakened
led to 5th, chased leader, ridden 15th, soon weakened, pulled up before 3 out
held up towards rear, mistakes 10th and 15th, losing touch when pulled up after 17th (lame)
prominent and jumped left throughout, led 5th, ridden and headed 4 out, rallied and led 3 out to 2 out, kept on same pace
chased leader, lost touch before 16th, tailed off and pulled up before 4 out
Would You Believe made a belated seasonal return at Kempton earlier this month, and showed enough promise to be the pick here, Kjetil and Penthouse Minstrel look to be the obvious dangers. The selection has had plenty of training setbacks, but the fact that Phillip Hobbs is persevering suggests he retains plenty of ability. He was beaten quite a long way when fourth to Change Agent in that Kempton event, but after a year's holiday he is entitled to improve a great deal and he should be capable of going close in this company. Kjetil hit winning form at Ludlow last time, beating The Lyme Volunteer quite comfortably. He is relatively lightly raced and should be involved in the finish. Penthouse Minstrel was most impressive when beating Ede'iff over a shorter trip here last time. He will have no problems with the extra distance and it is hard to see this one out of the first three. Mulligatawny may prove best of the others, but Would You Believe is open to any amount of improvement and gets the verdict
