in touch, headway over 1f out, soon led, ran on
close up, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on one pace
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
reared start and slowly away, behind, never on terms
led, ridden 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, weakened final furlong
prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
in rear, ridden halfway, soon weakened
raced wide in touch, pushed along halfway, weakened over 1f out
towards rear,pushed along halfway, ridden 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, nearest finish
AWA BOMBA appreciated the step up to today’s trip when scoring here last week. He carries 6lb extra but drops down a grade for this and Tony Carroll’s charge should make another bold bid. Muqarred won over a mile at the track last month but found an 8lb rise beyond him back here last time. Bee Machine showed signs of a return to form when runner-up over 6f on his latest start with his only previous win on the all-weather coming over course and distance last year while Cosmic Chatter was placed in an amateurs’ race last time and may prove best of the rest.
Awa Bomba 9-2 (8-12) Chased leaders, led over 2f out, hard driven when pressed inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Southwell 7f hcp (5) pol in Oct beating Esprit De Corps (9-7) by 3/4l, 11 ran.
Muqarred (USA) 15-2 (9-4) Raced wide held up, ridden over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 5th of 14, 3 1/2l behind Makambe (9-5) at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Amazing Grazing (IRE) 11-2 (8-12) Tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, kept on to take 3rd place inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 7l behind John Kirkup (9-6) at Ayr 6f hcp (5) sft in Oct.
Epona 6-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, driven and lost place 2f out, soon beaten, eased final furlong, last of 11, 29 1/4l behind Roaring Forties (9-8) at Ayr 7f hcp (6) gs in Jul.
Freedom And Wheat (IRE) 9-2 (9-0) Steadied start and switched left, always in rear, 7th of 8, 4l behind Primeiro Boy (9-0) at Wolverhampton 7f stks (6) pol in Jul.
Bee Machine (IRE) 16-1 (8-12) Mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, went 2nd place towards finish, 2nd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Requited (9-11) at Southwell 6f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Cosmic Chatter 7-2 (11-0) Prominent, ridden to chase winner 2f out, no impression final furlong, 2nd of 9, 3l behind Vallarta (10-10) at Hamilton 6f hcp (6) hvy in Sep.
Bevsboy (IRE) 40-1 (8-9) Towards rear, ridden over 4f out, well beaten final 3f, 10th of 11, 19 1/2l behind Queen Of Kalahari (8-12) at Southwell 6f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
The Gingerbreadman 28-1 (8-5) Outpaced behind, plugged on from over 1f out, no impression, 7th of 11, 6 3/4l behind Requited (9-11) at Southwell 6f hcp (6) pol in Oct.