Chased leaders, moderate 4th at 6th, closer order before next, 3rd 4 out and slight mistake, pushed along approaching straight, challenged between horses before 3 out, led and stayed on best closing stages op 9/4 tchd 2/1
Chased leaders, moderate 3rd and hit 6th, closer order before next where not fluent, 2nd 4 out, dropped to 3rd next, soon no impression op 9/4 tchd 2/1
Held up in moderate 5th, not fluent 2nd, not fluent 6th and soon last, slight mistake 7th, pushed along after 4 out, no impression before straight, weakened op 9/1
Disputed lead and clear of remainder, slight mistake 4th, pushed along after 6th, headed approaching next, soon weakened, pulled up before 4 out op 22/1 tchd 25/1
Pique Sous (13/8), Rashaan (5/2), Jeannot De Nonant (5/2), Walk To Freedom (12/1), Vukovar (20/1), The Black Russian (33/1)
The Black Russian could be left to plough a lone furrow in the early stages here, with possible Rashaan settling in behind. Preference is for, RASHAAN, here, top-rated (146) over hurdles in this contest to overcome the ill-disciplined Jeannot De Nonant and Pique Sous.