led, headed after 1f and chased leaders, 6th halfway, ridden 3f out, no impression 2f out, kept on one pace
mid-division, ridden in 8th 2f out, stayed on to 4th 1f out, 3rd and no impression on leaders inside final furlong
led after 1f, headed after 3f, 3rd halfway, ridden 3f out, under pressure in 4th 2f out, kept on one pace, no extra final furlong
towards rear, ridden and no impression over 2f out, kept on one pace from over 1f out
towards rear, ridden 3f out, no impression, eased over 1f out
chased leaders, 2nd halfway, ridden to lead 2 1/2f out, challenged 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra and kept on same pace
chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden to challenge 2f out, narrow lead over 1f out, strongly pressed final furlong, all out
mid-division, progress into 5th 3f out, ridden to challenge 2f out, strongly pressed winner inside final furlong, just held
chased leaders, led after 3f, ridden and headed 2 1/2f out, no extra 2f out
slowly into stride and rear, ridden and no impression 3f out
chased leaders, 5th halfway, ridden 3f out, no impression over 2f out, kept on one pace
towards rear, ridden 3f out, no impression in 9th 2f out, stayed on into 6th 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
He's Got Rhythm won this from the same mark a year ago but his subsequent efforts don't hold out much hope of a repeat and he was behind Strait Of Zanzibar at Down Royal last time. The latter doesn't win very often and is 5lb higher but Barack is 1lb lower than his last success at Leopardstown in September. Adroit made a promising debut at Fairyhouse and had little trouble going one better at Gowran. She makes her handicap debut over this longer trip but is progressing nicely and should be capable of better. Three Bells scored here in August and had dropped to a lower mark when gaining a very easy success at Sligo last month but the assessor has had revenge with an 11lb rise in the weights. SRETAW hasn't had much experience for her age but completed a double in the autumn and has bounced back to form on her two latest starts so she looks the one to be on here.