albert bartlett

i generally don't like the race, i think it's a bit too much of a test for young horses especially on the new course but this particular renewal is a lovely puzzle to try and solve. lots of consistent form, lots of horses stepping up in trip. this is a bit weaker than a few of these over the last few years which makes it even more intriguing. this is wide open. 

i think the big westerner is a lovely scopey horse and she's done absolutely nothing wrong to date but i can't be backing a mare here despite getting 7lb. the strength needed to go and win this 3m sprint is exceeded by the weight allowance imo and yeah she's a big stamp of a mare and she will certainly get better in time i think this is a bit early for her so i'm happy to be against her as a 5/1 poke. 

jasmin de vaux just isn't that good, they're reaching here and trying yet another new trip. she looks like she might stay and the track should suit with only two hurdles in the last five furlongs given her complete inability to jump. i do think the irish form is generally better so she's not without a chance if she jumps much better and gets he trip but there has been money for her this morning and she's much too short for me to be betting her now. 

happy to be against jet blue and derryhassen paddy as well. the former had stamina to prove last time and looked to have put those doubts to bed staying on well up the hill but that wasn't a strong race and this is a much different test against better horses so i'm still doubtful that he will get up the hill again while derryhassen paddy is a big  lump of a horse and all his form has been on genuine soft ground, have a sneaky feeling that this ground might be a bit lively for him and i am not a fan of beating honky tonk highway off a soft lead round a front runner tracks, needs to improve a fair bit by my reckoning. 

taking wingmen at 11.5. don't particularly like this horse either but his form is very strong and very consistent and there should be more to come up in trip as a horse without much change of gear. he didn't have the class to go and beat final demand the last day over 2m6f but he kept on really well to hold second comfortably from a horse who has form tying in with the current favourite of this race. gordon elliott obviously struggling this week but this one is definitely over priced with more to come. 

wendigo could surprise, got outpaced readily in the challow before staying on. nice big horse and he's going the right way but i'm not a fan of that challow form regardless of the new lion who was clearly just much better than the rest.