chased leaders, a little slow at 10th, slight mistake 5 out, soon dropped to rear, slight mistake 4 out, soon pushed along and under pressure, no impression before 3 out, weakened
in rear, closed approaching 10th, soon tracked leaders, pushed along after 4 out, soon under pressure, no impression before 3 out, once pace
raced in 2nd, on terms approaching 6th, soon led, slight mistake 4 out and joined, headed approaching straight and pushed along, on terms 3 out, headed approaching 2 out, one pace after
led, joined approaching 6th, soon headed, on terms 4 out, led approaching straight, headed 3 out, soon no impression, one pace
chased leaders, a little keen, closed up from 4 out, soon slightly impeded, 3rd approaching straight and travelling smoothly, on terms 3 out, led approaching 2 out, pushed along and soon asserted, slight mistake last, stayed on well run, comfortably
The weights greatly favour PRAVALAGUNA and, though she’s not been at her absolute best since winning a Listed chase at Naas in February, she should take all the beating. Count Simon doesn’t know how to run a bad race and will be hard to keep out of the frame and Gordon Elliott also runs the in-form Everybreathyoutake, who wasn’t beaten far by Fred The Foot at Limerick when on a hat-trick. Macgiloney keeps improving and ran another sound race at Galway last week.
Count Simon (IRE) 5-6fav (11-11) Led, slight mistake 3rd, ridden 2 out, headed and dropped to 3rd at last, no extra run-in, 3rd of 5, 2 3/4l behind Macgiloney (11-7) at Bellewstown 3m gd in Jul.
Macgiloney (IRE) 14-1 (11-9) Led, headed after 5th and 2nd halfway, pushed along before 2 out, ridden and dropped to 4th at last, kept on one pace run-in, 3rd of 6, 2l behind Foveros (11-0) at Galway 2m 5f gd in Aug.
Tell Me Annie (IRE) 4-1 (10-11) Raced in 2nd, pushed along at stages, joined for 2nd after 6th, 3rd after 9th, dropped to last and under pressure approaching 4 out, no impression approaching straight, soon weakened, last of 4, dist behind Dinons (11-4) at Killarney 2m 7f gd in May.
Jaime Sommers (IRE) 33-1 (9-11) Very slowly into stride, towards rear, 11th 3f out, kept on same pace without threatening straight, 8th of 12, 19 1/4l behind Halimi (9-5) at Curragh 1m 4f mdn gf in Jul.
Pravalaguna (FR) 12-1 (10-7) Led early, prominent, 4th halfway, slightly impeded before 10th by loose horse and mistake, kept on same pace straight, 7th of 22, 11 3/4l behind Borice (10-2) at Galway 2m 7f hcp gd in Jul.
Everybreathyoutake (IRE) Evensfav (11-10) Waited with, soon raced in moderate 5th, some progress from before 3 out, pushed along approaching straight, headway to chase winner run-in, stayed on well without ever really threatening to bridge gap, 2nd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Fred The Foot (11-10) at Limerick 3m gd in Jul.
Fred The Foot (IRE) 5-1 (11-10) Chased leaders, soon moderate 3rd, some slight mistakes, closed from before 3 out, soon prominent, on terms approaching straight, led approaching 2 out, asserted between last 2, reduced lead and kept on well run-in, won at Limerick 3m gd in Jul beating Everybreathyoutake (11-10) by 1 3/4l, 7 ran.
