raced keenly chasing leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed and not pace of winner final 110 yards
slowly into stride, always towards rear
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
soon chasing leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened and lost 2 places towards finish
slowly into stride, mid-division, headway chasing leaders and hung left over 1f out, weakened final furlong
outpaced in rear, ran on towards finish, never nearer
off the pace in last trio, headway when not clearest of runs and squeezed through over 1f out, switched left and strong run inside final furlong, ridden and ran on to lead final 110 yards, won going away
raced keenly, headway out wide chasing leaders over 4f out, hung right on bend and weakened over 2f out
raced wide in mid-division, weakened over 2f out
mid-division, headway chasing leaders and hung left over 1f out, kept on towards finish, no chance with leading duo
slowly into stride, outpaced in last pair, headway towards inside over 1f out, kept on towards finish, no chance with leading duo
chased leaders on inside, ridden and weakened over 1f out
ALPHONSE KARR finished well clear of the rest when making a race of it with the odds-on favourite at Chelmsford on his debut. He looks up to winning at this level on that evidence. Elusive Treat showed improvement when runner-up at Newcastle and Expert Opinion is going the right way after finishing closer at Lingfield while Global Response and Wudashudacuda are others to note. Lead Story is a €130,000 purchase and half-sister to winning stablemate Newscaster and is preferred to Nevile Chamberlain of the newcomers.
Alphonse Karr (IRE) 12-1 (9-5) Went right at start, midfield, ridden and headway 2f out, ran on well inside final furlong, 2nd of 6, 1/2l behind Ahlawi (9-5) at Chelmsford City 6f stks (5) pol in Nov.
Elusive Treat 20-1 (9-5) Mid-division, travelling smoothly and headway 2f out ran on strongly after 1f out, took 2nd final 110 yards, 2nd of 13, 3 1/4l behind Tigerhon (9-5) at Newcastle 6f stks (5) pol in Dec.
Expert Opinion 50-1 (9-5) Close up, pushed along 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 3 1/2l behind Caribbean Sunset (9-5) at Lingfield 6f stks (5) pol in Nov.
Global Response 12-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, disputed second over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 10, 5 1/2l behind Royal Pleasure (9-5) at Wolverhampton 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Nevile Chamberlain (IRE) Shalaa colt out of Black Rodded.
The Quiet Rebel (IRE) 28-1 (9-3) Restrained towards rear, ridden and switched right over 1f out, ran on final furlong but never dangerous, 4th of 10, 3 3/4l behind Warrior Brave (9-3) at Wolverhampton 5f stks (5) pol in Nov.
Water Of Leith (IRE) 18-1 (9-2) Close up, effort 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 7, 14l behind Darvel (9-2) at Ayr 6f stks (5) gf in Jul.
Wudashudacuda 22-1 (9-2) Slowly away, behind, switched left over 1f out, switched left and headway entering final furlong, kept on, went 3rd towards finish, no chance with front pair, 3rd of 9, 9 1/2l behind Helmont (9-9) at Wolverhampton 6f stks (4) pol in Nov.
Lancashire Life 300-1 (9-0) Slowly away, always towards rear, never involved, 11th of 13, 15 1/4l behind Tigerhon (9-5) at Newcastle 6f stks (5) pol in Dec.
Lead Story (IRE) New Bay filly out of Newsletter.
Out Of The East Awtaad filly out of Eastern Destiny.
Shimla Rolann 66-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, shaken up 3f out, kept on steadily into third in final 110 yards but lacked pace to trouble winner, 3rd of 10, 5l behind Global Acclaim (9-0) at Kempton 6f fll stks (5) pol in Dec.
Kukri Klass (IRE) 100-1 (9-0) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 12 1/2l behind Mariance (9-0) at Lingfield 7f fll stks (5) pol in Oct.
