held up in touch, good headway on outside over 1f out, led inside final furlong, just held on
with leader until pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f
slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway on inside over 2f out, led over 1f out until inside final furlong, rallied gamely near finish, just failed
raced keenly, slight lead, ridden and headed well over 1f out, weakened soon after
pulled hard early, held up in last pair, hung right and outpaced over 2f out, never on terms and no chance after
chased leaders, 2nd over 2f out, led well over 1f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
took keen hold, in touch on inside, effort over 2f out, 2f out, soon weakened
Motown Mick is on a roll having won over 6f and then a mile at Windsor last time. But he’s upped a further 5lb today and BARIG AL THUMAMA is preferred. The latter is expected to improve now handicapping for the first time after finishing runner-up to the progressive Society Power over today’s trip at Chelmsford. A winner over 6f, The Mums was well beaten at Doncaster last month and sports first-time headgear while Di Fede is 7lb higher than when going close at Newmarket during the summer.
Di Fede (IRE) 6-1 (9-4) Led early, chased leaders, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 5l behind Shazzab (8-7) at Pontefract 1m fll (4) hvy in Sep.
The Mums 3-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, pushed along and weakened over 1f out, last of 6, 15 1/4l behind Ellthea (9-3) at Doncaster 7f fll (2) gs in Sep.
Motown Mick (IRE) 7-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, edged left and rallied to lead again close home, won at Windsor 1m (4) gs in Oct beating Shaherezada (9-0) by nk, 7 ran.
Finsbury Park 6-1 (9-4) Tracked leader, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 7, 6 1/4l behind Tadleel (9-7) at Kempton 1m (4) pol in Sep.
Ghayadh 5-1 (9-1) Towards rear, headway over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on towards finish, 4th of 12, 4 1/4l behind Yafta (9-4) at Chelmsford City 6f (4) pol in Sep.
Barig Al Thumama 10-1 (9-2) Went right start, tracked leaders, challenged over 1f out, led inside final furlong, edged left, headed towards finish, 2nd of 13, 3/4l behind Society Power (9-9) at Chelmsford City 7f stks (5) pol in Oct.
Sorority 25-1 (9-2) Led 3f, soon lost 2nd, weakened quickly over 2f out, soon behind, eased, last of 10, 31 1/4l behind Dark Liberty (9-5) at Redcar 7f (5) sft in Sep.
