★ Recent form analyst notes

• Pos PU 10 Mar Cheltenham

  Settled midpack early - clipped 1st and stayed handy behind the pace by 4th - untidy jumps at 9th and 16th - lost ground before 3 out - eased and taken out of contention before the last two fences

• Pos 3 18 Jan Windsor

  Up with the front rank - sharing second place from the 7th - moved into second prior to the following fence - pressed and nudged approaching 4 out - struck the front before 3 out - veered right and surrendered the advantage 2 out - emptied on the run-in and dropped to third

• Pos 4 22 Nov Haydock

  Set the pace early - clipped 4th and lost command - stayed close up thereafter - still in with hope 3 out - asked for effort 2 out but dropped away by the top two then lost placings on the run to the line

• Pos 2 2 Nov Carlisle

  Made the running - some untidy leaps in the early stages - pressure applied from 2 out - taken over final 100 yards and found nil - went down by three quarters of a length

Per-race notes from official racing analyst commentary.