keen in rear, reminders 4th and not travelling, ridden 6th, headway 8th, chased leader 3 out, switched left approaching 2 out, led after last, soon edged left
tracked leader, jumped right 2nd, led 8th, headed 9th, soon ridden, weakened approaching 3 out and eased, tailed off
held up, tracking leaders, headway 7th, led 9th, ridden approaching 2 out, headed soon after last, no extra
led, headed 8th, weakened next
tracked leaders, ridden after 9th, slightly outpaced, stayed on again final 2
held up, keen in touch, ridden 8th, weakened after 9th
held up, in touch, ridden and outpaced 8th, stayed on after 3 out, mistake 2 out, weakened soon after
held up, reminders 5th, ridden next, weakened from 9th, tailed off
A competitive handicap here and most of the runners would have a chance on their best form but the main protagonists appear to be Derring Bridge, Reasonable Reserve, Jaseur and Chicuelo and we will take a chance on Reasonable Reserve. The gelding from the Brendan Powell yard won well last time out when defeating Derring Bridge and although he is worse off with that rival at the weights we still take him to score as he takes plenty of driving and he only just does enough so he may still be ahead of the handicapper. Jaseur is another that could go well he has dropped to a handy mark but he was slightly disappointing last time and his best form of late has been on a much softer surface.Chicuelo has not looked in love with the game of late over fences. But if he returns to form for the switch to hurdles he will not be far away of what looks a fair mark. Of the remainder Ballykettrail is from a shrewd yard and is worth noting in the market but we are happy to stick with Reasonable Reserve.
