steadied start, held up in rear, headway on inside chasing leaders over 1f out, ridden to lead final 100 yards, just held on in head bobber
tracked leader 3f, remained handy, strong run inside final furlong, finished well, just lost out in head bobber
led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened soon after
raced wide until joined field and tracking leader 5f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened final furlong
There’s little between this moderate bunch on official ratings but AUROPHOBIA finished in front of Profitar Rules when posting a better effort at Chelmsford and may prove the one to side with. Drum Brae Boy has failed to build on earlier placed efforts at Kempton while both Dafyre and Alicefromumbridge step up in distance, though the former’s yard is in good form.
Alicefromumbridge 150-1 (9-0) Slowly away, towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, dropped to last and tailed off from over 2f out, 10th of 11, 20 3/4l behind Mindthegap (9-7) at Chelmsford City 6f stks (5) pol in Nov.
Aurophobia (IRE) 50-1 (9-4) Slowly into stride, raced wide and soon chasing leaders, reminders 4f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 5th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Secretary (9-6) at Chelmsford City 7f (6) pol in Dec.
Dafyre 50-1 (8-9) Chased leaders out wide, pushed along and unable to quicken halfway, weakened turning in, last of 10, 16 1/4l behind Pocket The Packet (9-3) at Lingfield 5f (6) pol in Nov.
Drum Brae Boy 8-1 (9-1) Prominent, led 6f out, headed 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 10, 6 1/4l behind Attrazione (9-9) at Southwell 1m (6) pol in Dec.
Profitar Rules (IRE) 11-2 (9-3) Slowly into stride, off the pace towards rear, never involved, 8th of 11, 5 3/4l behind Secretary (9-6) at Chelmsford City 7f (6) pol in Dec.