With friendless winners dominating the afternoon, it was an afternoon punters would like to forget in a hurry. And to add to their woes the going remained on the soft side, thanks to the nagging drizzle that continued throughout Tuesday. Nevertheless, those who staked their fotunes behind Cristopher Alford had little to rue as the champion jockey finished the day with a belaboured double through Afflutter in the Gaulstaun Cup and Aberdan in the upper division of the Eastern Air Command Cup, the feature event of the adfternoon. The division II of the main event was claimed by a rank-outsider Raaz from Javed Khan's yard.