★ Recent form analyst notes

• Pos 4 8 Mar Warwick

  Held up rearward - made ground before 8th - driven 3 out then dropped away late

• Pos 3 18 Feb Southwell

  Prompt-side early - hit the front at the first before yielding it approaching the second - back in command after the fifth - pressed for effort and gave up the advantage before two out - dropped a place and faded before the last - held on for third with nothing more to offer

• Pos 6 13 Dec Cheltenham

  Settled just behind the front pack - blundered at the 8th - driven up but weakened before the last - well held in 6th

• Pos 6 28 Oct Ffos Las

  Held up in the pack - roused for effort after three out - stayed on steadily up the run-in - finished sixth beaten 5.5 lengths

Per-race notes from official racing analyst commentary.