chased winner, pushed along from 11th, ridden after 13th, well held before 3 out
made all, not fluent 9th (water), clear approaching 3 out, not fluent last, unchallenged
jumped left in last, behind from 7th, tailed off 9th, left 4th last
chased leaders, bumped 2nd, not fluent next, struggling 13th, soon behind, pulled up before last
jumped right, chased leaders, bumped rival 2nd, ridden and 12 lengths 3rd when went badly right and made bad mistake 3 out, well beaten after
SECRET INVESTOR, a Grade 2 winner over hurdles, has been highly tried over fences so far. He needs to brush up his jumping but looks the one to beat getting 6lb from Jenkins, who has only won a match so far over the larger obstacles but hasn’t been beaten far the last twice in Class 2 events. Sleep Easy is a useful handicap hurdler but up against experienced and useful rivals on his debut over fences so is probably best watched.
Jenkins (IRE) 3-1 (11-5) Prominent, every chance 2 out, 3 lengths off winner last, held and lost 2nd flat, stayed on, 3rd of 5, 1 1/2l behind Drovers Lane (11-8) at Cheltenham 2m 5f (2) gd in Dec.
Secret Investor 11-10fav (11-0) Raced wide, held up in 4th place, tracked leading pair 3rd, not fluent 8th, lost 3rd 12th, 3rd again next, shaken up before 3 out, found nil and weakened before next, last of 4, 7l behind Bags Groove (11-5) at Kempton 2m 4f (1) gd in Feb.
Seero 3-1 (12-0) Held up; stdy hdwy 3 out; nt rch ldrs, 3rd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Tidy Dancer (12-0) at Chaddesley Corbett 3m mdn gf in May.
Sir Dylan 16-1 (9-1) Towards rear, outpaced over 2f out, some late headway, went never dangerous 4th last strides, 4th of 10, 6l behind Murhib (9-1) at Kempton 1m 4f stks (6) pol in Mar.
Sleep Easy 16-1 (11-8) Led narrowly to after 3 out, soon lost place, weakened from next, 8th of 11, 35 3/4l behind Eragon De Chanay (11-12) at Wincanton 2m 5f hcp (3) gd in Feb.
