prominent, pressed leader before 2 out, mistake 2 out and soon ridden, kept on well, just held
chased leader, ridden 2 out, weakened
towards rear, ridden and headway after 4th, outpaced and weakened before 2 out
prominent, mistake fourth, soon weakened, pulled up before last
in rear, ridden and headway 3 out, weakened before 2 out, pulled up before last
made all, challenged and ridden 2 out, stayed on
Auditoria placed twice on the level in France last year and wouldn’t need to be anything special to play a leading role on her hurdling debut. However, another French import in RAFFLES GITANE has experience on her side having already had a couple of runs over timber. The latter is also preferred to Phillipstown Ellen, who has run twice in bumpers and wasn’t beaten far at Kempton last time.
Auditoria (8-12) 5th of 12, 3/4l behind Scenario (8-11) at Le Croise-Laroche 2m mdn stks hvy in Nov.
Authorized Pursuit 11-2 (10-4) Held up in rear, modest headway over 2f out, no chance, 7th of 11, 23 1/2l behind Sheila Nash (11-0) at Kempton 2m (5) pol in Feb.
Hunter's Dawn 25-1 (10-12) Prominent, close up 3rd (usual 4th), ridden after last (usual 5th), weakened before home straight, 7th of 9, dist behind Progressive (10-12) at Doncaster 2m 1f mdn fll (4) hvy in Dec.
Nonna Lisa (FR) (8-12) 10th of 12, 9 3/4l behind Frenchy (9-2) at Fontainebleau 1m 1f hcp gs in Sep.
Phillipstown Ellen (IRE) 11-1 (10-1) Towards rear, headway on inside chasing leaders over 2f out, went 2nd inside final furlong until final 100 yards, 3rd of 13, 3 1/2l behind Bricklagger (11-4) at Kempton 2m (5) pol in Feb.
Raffles Gitane (FR) (10-7) 5th of 10, 10l behind Hadaline (10-7) at Compiegne 2m 1f hvy in Nov.
Call Me Sainte (FR) 400-1 (10-0) Always in rear, 16th of 18, dist behind Patroclus (11-4) at Exeter 2m 1f mdn (4) sft in Jan.
