held up in last pair, good headway on outside, chasing leaders over 6f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
held up in rear, headway on outside over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, went 3rd inside final furlong, closing when carried right towards finish, just held
chased leaders on inside, pushed along and outpaced 2f out, weakened final furlong
chased winner, edged left over 2f out, hung left and ran on inside final furlong, carried right towards finish, not quite pace to challenge
chased leaders on outside, pushed along and outpaced inside final 3f, not clearest of runs over 1f out, plugged on
held up in touch, pushed along 5f out, well outpaced 3f out, rallied between horses over 1f out, hung left and one pace in 4th inside final furlong,
in touch, headway chasing leaders under pressure 3f out, wide on home turn, ridden and weakened over 1f out
in touch, pushed along 5f out, outpaced inside final 3f, ridden well over 1f out, kept on final furlong, no threat
made all, set steady pace, quickened over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, edged right towards finish, stayed on
FFORBIDDEN LOVE is out of a dam that won on Tapeta and was placed on Polytrack. She’s been third in both starts over 1m4f at Wetherby, not beaten far on either occasion, and could make it third-time lucky here if handling the step up in trip. Misty Bloom and Much Too Much both have experience of the surface. The former fared better last time and is a danger but Behranell disappointed when favourite on debut and has a lot to find to overturn that form with the selection. Madam Anna won at Plumpton back in May but was well beaten under a penalty at Worcester the following month and hasn’t raced since. No No Juliet is preferred to El Deguello of the newcomers.
Madam Anna (IRE) 8-1 (10-11) Held up in rear, effort and switched right over 3f out, soon ridden, weakened from over 2f out, 5th of 9, 19 3/4l behind Drumlynn (11-0) at Worcester 2m (6) gd in Jun.
Dubai Dirham 12-1 (10-11) Made most until over 3f out, soon weakened, tailed off, 8th of 9, dist behind French Crusader (11-4) at Huntingdon 1m 6f mdn (6) gs in Nov.
El Deguello Shirocco M out of Competa.
Misty Bloom (IRE) 10-1 (10-7) In touch, headway over 3f out, soon chasing leaders, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 7, 2 1/4l behind Oriental Cross (10-7) at Lingfield 2m (6) pol in Dec.
Much Too Much 14-1 (10-10) Chased leaders, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 9 1/4l behind Bullfrog (10-10) at Lingfield 2m (6) pol in Nov.
No No Juliet (IRE) Scorpion M out of Full Imperatrice.
Oborne Lady (IRE) 20-1 (11-0) Held up on outside, ran wide on bend after about 4f, outpaced and struggling 10f out, tailed off, last of 11, dist behind Duhallow Gesture (11-0) at Huntingdon 2m lst (1) gs in Dec.
Behranell 5-2fav (10-12) Held up in rear, outpaced 4f out, never able to challenge, 7th of 10, 18 1/2l behind Kuragina (10-12) at Wetherby 1m 4f fll (6) sft in Dec.
Fforbidden Love 5-1 (10-10) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 8, 4l behind Maebh (10-10) at Wetherby 1m 4f fll (5) sft in Jan.
