★ Recent form analyst notes

• Pos 1 17 Mar Exeter

  Set the pace - displaced after the opening fence - error at the 6th - up with the pace-setter by the 7th - back in command after the 8th - driven and lost the advantage before 3 out - forged ahead alongside second place before 2 out - fought back to reclaim top spot approaching the last and stayed on strongly on the run-in

• Pos 2 26 Feb Taunton

  Held up handy early holding rein hard - narrowed gap on pacesetter after 3 out - driven from 2 out - kept responding to hand riding before last - battled on to finish second but no match for winner

• Pos 3 2 Feb Kempton

  Set the pace early - lost front spot by a whisker four out - regained command three out - pressed hard and lost top spot approaching two out - overtaken by the front two before the last and dropped away tamely to finish third

• Pos 2 17 Jan Taunton

  Took up the running - urged forward approaching 2 out - jumped the last without fluency - passed 110yds from home and unable to find more - went down by 3/4 length

Per-race notes from official racing analyst commentary.