held up, headway approaching 4th, led last stayed on
held up and took keen hold early, always towards rear, tailed off when pulled up before last
prominent, chased leader 2 out, ridden and every chance last, weakened flat
chased leaders, led approaching 2nd, jumped left 3rd, headed approaching 2 out, weakened quickly, tailed off
held up and raced wide, headway after 3rd, led approaching 2 out, headed last, no extra
ran out, held up in touch, hampered 1st ran out
held up, ridden approaching 4th, effort approaching 2 out, soon beaten
held up towards rear, headway on inside approaching 2 out, weakened quickly and pulled up before last
led until mistake and unseated rider 1st
left in, led 1st, headed approaching next, hampered 3rd, weakened quickly 4th, behind when pulled up before 2 out
Mobasher gets the nod in this novices' hurdle, with Red Ruffles, Cedar and Brigadier du Bois among others to consider. The selection is four-time Irish Flat winner who scored nicely on his hurdling debut for Venetia Williams. Admittedly, he was disappointing at Newbury next time, even if allowing for the fact that he met trouble in running. This is probably more his level though and we'll give him a chance to redeem his reputation. Turning to the others, Brigadier du Bois showed promise in France before arriving in the UK and showed some promise at Haydock last time, although he was fitted with first-time blinkers on that occasion, which are left off today. Cedar showed promise on his hurdling debut behind Mounsey Castle and this shorter trip might show him in a better light. Glengarra also showed promise at Haydock last time, and possibly did not quite get home after pulling hard. He's back in trip today - although this is a stiff track - and will hopefully have learned to be more tractable. On The Verge made hard work of winning a very modest Fakenham bumper last time, but Red Ruffles defied his market odds to narrowly land a Newbury bumper on his racecourse debut. He should go well. Jonjo O'Neill runs Saratov, who showed promise on the Flat but has yet to follow that up for his new trainer in a couple of starts over timber. Glass Note showed some ability on the Flat in Ireland but has not really progressed over jumps so far. It would appear that this is not a particularly strong race, so watch the betting market for clues, but, that aside, we are happy to stick with Mobasher.
