Paul Kealy expects improving novice to go close again

No. 7
Jamessaintpatrick
4.20 Fontwell
1pt win at 7-1 generallyFavourite Et Apres Thou looks like he will improve for this step up in trip, but he'll have to and he's gone a bit short in the betting now.

I thought Jamessaintpatrick won with more authority than the final winning margin suggested on desperate ground at Warwick in December and he looks fairly treated off just 4lb higher.

He'd been showing some progression last spring and duly stepped up again on his handicap debut at Warwick, where he was the only one travelling turning for home and looked set to burst clear.