led and clear, ridden and reduced lead from before straight, headed 2f out, soon dropped to 3rd and no impression
raced in moderate 4th, ridden from before straight, no impression from 2f out, eased inside final furlong until shaken up to hold on to 4th
chased leader, closed and travelling best from before straight, led 2f out, stayed on well under pressure from over 1f out
well off pace in rear, no impression under pressure straight, just failed to go 4th near line
chased leaders in 3rd, pushed along to close from before straight, 2nd from 2f out, no impression under pressure and kept on same pace inside final furlong
Shintoh battled to the line when runner-up to Rose Hip in a Listed race over 1m1f at Leopardstown and should be better served by today's trip over which he was a close third behind Jan Vermeer here last month. After twice finishing runner-up to Fame And Glory, though well beaten on both occasions, RECHARGE deserved his place in the sun when scoring over a mile in a Listed contest at Leopardstown. He has no problems with the longer trip and will be difficult to beat and looks to have the measure of Precious Gem, who stepped out of a handicap to narrowly land a Listed contest over an extra furlong at Limerick. Grand Admiral found 1m5f much too far after scoring over two furlongs less on the Polytrack while Carazam hasn't been seen since landing a Tipperary maiden almost a year ago and may need this.
Grand Admiral (USA) 5-2fav (9-4) Prominent, ridden from halfway, 3rd over 1f out, soon no impression and kept on same pace, 5th of 10, 6l behind Celtic Dane (9-5) at Down Royal 1m 5f hcp fm.
Recharge (IRE) 2-1 (9-1) Settled on inner in 4th, 3rd early straight, squeezed between horses to challenge over 1f out, led just under 1f out, kept on well, won at Leopardstown 1m Listed stks gd beating Croisultan (9-1) by 1l, 9 ran.
Precious Gem (IRE) 2-1fav (9-6) Tracked leaders on inner, 3rd halfway, poised to challenge from 2f out, ridden to lead just inside final furlong, strongly pressed and kept on well under pressure, won at Limerick 1m 3f Listed stks (1) gd beating Choose Me (9-9) by nk, 7 ran.
Carazam (IRE) 9-10fav (9-3) Slowly away (lost 6L), ridden to make up ground, 4th and pushed along halfway, went 2nd 1f out, stayed on strongly to lead well inside final furlong, won at Tipperary 7f 2yo mdn aut gf in Jun '09 beating Sichuan Province (8-12) by 1 1/2l, 6 ran.
Shintoh (USA) 7-4fav (8-12) Chased leaders, 6th halfway, ridden in 5th 2f out, 2nd 1 1/2f out, under pressure in 3rd 1f out, kept on final furlong to 2nd close home, 2nd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Rose Hip (9-6) at Leopardstown 1m 1f Listed stks (1) gf.
