slowly into stride, green and outpaced, always in rear
raced keenly, pressed leader until ran wide on home turn, weakened well over 1f out
slowly into stride, outpaced in last pair, switched right to outer halfway, some late limited headway, never involved
took keen hold, tracked leaders, went 2nd 1f out, ran on to lead final 150 yards, eased towards finish
chased leaders, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, went 3rd and kept on same pace inside final furlong,
soon off the pace towards rear, struggling halfway, never involved
raced wide early, chased leaders on outside, pushed along when ran wide on home turn, soon outpaced
chased leaders, went 2nd on inside well over 1f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace, no chance with winner
outpaced and always towards rear
led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
ARNARSON made a promising start in maiden company when third at Wolverhampton and finished even closer at Newcastle last month when separating a couple of subsequent winners. That form looks strong enough to land this. Oxford Thinking has not shown the expected progress in three starts so far and Thetrioandme may prove a bigger threat having posted an improved effort to finish second over track and trip recently. Abatement may well be capable of better on his first start since September while Saxon Flames, a half-brother to a Group 3 winner, makes most appeal of the newcomers .
Zerafino (BEL) Piccolo gelding out of Semiramis.
Irvine Lady (IRE) 18-1 (9-0) Held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, no impression over 1f out, eased, 10th of 12, 10 1/4l behind New Signal (9-5) at Wolverhampton 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
Tilly's Bridge Avonbridge filly out of Ivory Lace.
Abatement 7-1 (9-5) Towards rear, driven over 2f out, never a threat, 10th of 13, 8 1/4l behind Frontispiece (9-5) at Ascot 7f mdn stks (4) gf in Sep.
Arnarson 10-3 (9-5) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Brittanic (9-5) at Newcastle 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
Dervish 100-1 (9-5) Raced wide, in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 14th of 15, 26 1/4l behind Naseem (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m mdn stks (3) pol in Dec.
Oxford Thinking (IRE) 9-4 (8-8) Pulled hard, with leader, led 6f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 3 1/4l behind Dubaitwentytwenty (8-3) at Newcastle 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.
Saxon Flames (GER) Shamardal colt out of Saphira's Fire.
Street Jester 100-1 (8-10) Mid-division, pushed along and outpaced when hampered on inside over 2f out, hung left and weakened over 1f out, 7th of 12, 14 3/4l behind Mystique Moon (8-10) at Wolverhampton 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.
Thetrioandme (IRE) 16-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner inside final furlong, kept on one pace, lost 2nd near finish, 3rd of 10, 2 1/4l behind Private Mission (9-5) at Lingfield 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
