prominent, led before 2nd, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, kept on approaching last, no impression flat
raced keenly, tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced after 3 out, kept on same pace under pressure from next
raced keenly in touch, headway to challenge 3 out, led approaching next, ridden and stayed on well flat
in touch, ridden to chase first 2 after 3 out, soon outpaced, weakened after next
never better than mid-division
chased leaders to 5th, soon last place, well behind from 3 out
led, headed before 2, chased leaders, ridden 3 out, kept on same pace from next
in rear, ridden and kept on from 2 out never nearer
behind, driven along after 3rd, never dangerous
soon behind, lost touch from 3 out, tailed off when pulled up before next
mid-division, ridden and lost place 4 out, tailed off from 2 out
chased leaders, outpaced approaching 2 out, soon ridden, stayed on well from last, not reached leaders
keen early, chased leaders to 3rd, soon behind, tailed off
always behind, tailed off from 2 out
Iron Man gets the confident vote in this novices hurdle with Admiral, and Siegfrieds Night rating the main dangers. The selection won well last time out when beating Daryal and although he has a penalty for that win and he is dropping in trip he looks to have plenty of speed and under conditions that suit he is taken to score before going on to better things. Admiral rates the main danger on his latest 12th behind Penzance at Cheltenham. This is much easier but he had a hard race on that occasion and at likely odds he looks worth opposing. Siegfrieds Night is another worthy of respect on his latest second behind Always Waining especially with the stable conditional taking off a handy ten pounds. Of the remainder Young Patriarch was a fair third behind Etendard Indien last time and is another with place claims but for the winner we return to Iron Man who has plenty of scope for improvement.
