tracked leaders, under pressure and effort over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
tracked leader, led over 2f out, ran on well final furlong, held on
in touch wide, lost place over 2f out, soon weakened
prominent, chased winner 2f out, stayed on under pressure final furlong, just held
soon led, headed over 2f out, slightly outpaced, kept on again inside final furlong
slowly into stride, always behind
in touch for 2f, weakened rapidly halfway, soon well behind
started slowly, towards rear, wide into straight, kept on final furlong, not trouble leaders
towards rear, headway on inside over 2f out, not quickened over 1f out, one pace
towards rear, under pressure over 2f out, soon weakened
held up mid-division, ridden to chase leaders 2f out, effort over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
Arnie de Burgh showed enough on his debut to warrant support here and he can beat Dudley Docker and Bold Maggie. This modestly bred colt ran a blinder on his first racecourse start to finish a close up third behind City Zone. On the face of it this is a step down in class and with improvement expected, he should be capable of landing this. Mark Tompkins is double handed, Ben Bacchus is steadily getting the hang of this game, but Dudley Docker has shown the better form. He finished a close second to the Cumani trained Croon last time and must go close under Dane O'Neill. Bold Maggie hails from the in form Gary Moore yard and has been brought along patiently by his shrewd handler since his August debut, expect a much improved performance from this. The rest have very little to recommend them, so Arnie de Burgh doesn't have too difficult a task and is a confident choice.
