fell, chased leaders, 3rd and outpaced when fell 11th
unseated rider, behind when unseated rider 4th
tracked leaders, pecked 2nd, lead 7th, hit 10th, narrowly headed 3 out, 2 lengths down and looked held when clear and hampered last
lead to 7th, chased winner to 9th, soon outpaced, left poor 3rd and slightly hampered 11th, left remote 2nd at last
tracked leaders, went second 9th, lead narrowly 3 out, 2 lengths ahead and looked likely winner when blundered and unseated rider last
prominent until weakend 6th, mistakes 7th and 8th, continued tailed off, over a fence behind
Silence Reigns is the confident choice here with Placid Man and Benson the only others capable of troubling the selection. The gelding hails from the all-conquering Paul Nicholls yard and is dropped significantly in grade having run well in a class B handicap hurdle behind Mirjan at Ayr. With conditions in his favour he is clearly the form pick and looks the one to beat. Placid Man rates the main danger as he won in facile fashion last time when defeating Midy's Risk on this track. He will find this tougher but looks sure to run a big race. Benson would not be out of this on the pick of his form but he has been disappointing of late, so we return to Silence Reigns who gets the confident nomination.
