tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders in 4th, headway over 2f out, led 2f out, soon ridden and kept on strongly
tracked leader, pushed along over 2f out, edged right over 1f out, kept on
led to 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
in rear, headway entering final furlong, soon chased winner, no impression
towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, faded inside final furlong
This looks between the three at the top of the weights with Fridge Kid and Kingston Sassafras having little chance on these terms. Rockaroundtheclock has been in woeful form of late and may also struggle but Brasted arrives in better form having won a similar contest over track and trip on his penultimate start. HAWKIN was narrowly beaten in a handicap at Bath in October and seemed not to stay the 1m2f at Kempton last time. He gets another chance over a mile today with the Teputina hard to fancy making her debut at this level.
Rockaroundtheclock (IRE) 7-1 (9-2) 12th of 14, 8 1/4l behind Lugana (8-11) at Chantilly 1m pol in Oct.
Brasted (IRE) 3-1fav (8-13) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra and hampered close home, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Captain Felix (9-0) at Lingfield 1m stks (6) pol in Nov.
Hawkin (IRE) 16-1 (9-6) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened entering final furlong, 9th of 12, 7 1/2l behind The Gay Cavalier (9-8) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Kingston Sassafras 33-1 (9-5) Led, ridden and headed entering final 2f, soon weakened, 5th of 6, 18 1/4l behind Pensax Boy (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (6) pol in Dec.
Teputina Teofilo filly out of West Lorne.
Fridge Kid 50-1 (8-12) Towards rear, never on terms, 8th of 12, 9 3/4l behind Kalon Brama (9-13) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (6) pol in Oct.