chased leaders, led 5th, disputed before 3 out, ridden and headed after 2 out, soon weakened
chased leaders, 3rd halfway, improved to dispute before 3 out, led after 2 out, ridden and challenged home bend, narrowly headed and slight mistake last, no extra and kept on same pace
led, headed 5th, 2nd halfway, ridden in 4th 2 out, no impression home bend, kept on one pace, 3rd close home
mid-division, closer in 6th halfway, dropped towards rear before 3 out, pulled up before 2 out
mid-division, dropped towards rear 5 out, headway in 6th 2 out, ridden into 2nd after 2 out, challenged home bend, narrow lead last, kept on well run-in
chased leaders, slight mistake 5th, 4th halfway, 5th and mistake 3 out, ridden and weakened next, tailed off
chased leaders, 5th halfway, ridden and no extra after 2 out, weakened
held up towards rear, headway into 6th 4 out, ridden in 3rd after 2 out, no impression home bend, lost 3rd close home
Winning point-to-pointer FREE TO DREAM produced a cracking effort when beaten just a length by Audrelle's Lad over this C&D and though subsequently beaten at Galway he faces lower class opposition and can gain his first success under Rules. Strange Talk has also scored between the flags but disappointed over timber since a good run at Leopardstown in December. Playtime Ben showed much-improved form when stepping up to 2m6f from the minimum trip at Kilbeggan on Saturday finishing a close third to Captain Luke. He should definitely get competitive if in the same kind of form but Deauville Flat winner Monterrey has yet to make his mark over hurdles.
Dhushan 14-1 (11-12) Led, headed 3 out, soon ridden, no impression from next, 4th of 14, 30l behind Gold Ability (11-12) at Galway 2m mdn hdl gd.
Monterrey (IRE) 20-1 (11-7) Tracked leaders, 3rd 3 out, soon ridden, 4th 2 out, no impression straight, 5th of 14, 34l behind Gold Ability (11-12) at Galway 2m mdn hdl gd.
Bonapartes Retreat (IRE) 33-1 (11-1) Led, ridden and headed before 2 out, soon no extra and weakened, 7th of 13, 44l behind Mallowney (10-11) at Ballinrobe 2m mdn hdl hvy in Jul.
Callums Bay (IRE) 40-1 (11-4) Always towards rear, 10th of 13, well behind Mallowney (10-11) at Ballinrobe 2m mdn hdl hvy in Jul.
Free To Dream (IRE) 10-1 (11-2) Mid-division, 6th halfway, close up approaching 2 out, no extra entering straight and kept on one pace, 6th of 10, 18l behind Tugboat (11-0) at Galway 2m 4f nh nov hdl sft.
Native Son (IRE) 14-1 (11-12) Chased leaders, 9th into straight, soon no impression under pressure, 9th of 18, 20l behind The Folkes Choice (11-5) at Limerick 2m mdn hdl in Jul.
Saddlehimup (IRE) Saddlers' Hall gelding out of Gypsy Lass.
Shake Troy (IRE) 50-1 (11-5) Never a factor, 12th of 22, 38l behind The Great Shanghai (11-7) at Cork 2m mdn hdl in Jul.
Mullane's Bridge (IRE) 5-4 (12-0) Made all, 3l adv 6out, 2l adv at last, ko best, won at Bartlemy 3m ire ptp in May beating Vickeeto (12-0) by 2l, 11 ran.
Strange Talk (IRE) 12-1 (10-13) Settled behind leaders, 5th halfway, 3rd before 4 out, mistake 4 out, ridden and weakened after next, 6th of 11, well behind Zuzka (11-7) at Sligo 2m 2f mdn hdl gd in Jul.
Jolly Mac Vic (IRE) Old Vic gelding out of Penny Apples.
Mr Chopera (IRE) 33-1 (11-4) Mid-division, moderate 8th halfway, never a factor, behind when pulled up before 3 out, in a race won by Sin Palo (11-12) at Kilbeggan 2m 4f mdn hdl gf in Jun, 13 ran.
Playtime Ben (IRE) 14-1 (10-11) Tracked leaders and led from 7th, strongly pressed 3 out and headed approaching next, no impression on winner before last and lost 2nd near line, 3rd of 16, 5l behind Captain Luke (11-4) at Kilbeggan 2m 6f mdn hdl gd.
