dwelt, in rear, pushed along early straight, headway to chase winner and no impression inside final furlong, one pace
tracked leader, 3rd inside first 4f, closed travelling smoothly straight, on terms over 2f out, soon led, pushed along to assert 1f out, stayed on well, easily
led, pushed along before straight, joined over 2f out, soon headed, no extra and one pace final furlong
dwelt, raced in 3rd and a little keen, 2nd inside first 4f, pushed along over 2f out on outer, no extra and one pace final furlong
DOWNDRAFT was well beaten in two starts over this trip but both were in much better class and he ran on strongly to score over 1m2f when last seen in October. Play The Game has no problems with the trip having won twice over hurdles but has never run on the all-weather. Park Row has won six races around here and is back on the same mark as when completing a double in February so can't be ruled out and he's closely matched with Kerosin, who he beat 3l in January when receiving 12lb.
Kerosin (GER) 14-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, headway to dispute early straight, ridden under 2f out and headed early final furlong, no extra, 8th of 15, 5 3/4l behind Onlyhuman (8-12) at Limerick 1m 3f hcp sft in Apr.
Downdraft (IRE) 5-1 (9-6) Held up towards rear, some headway on inner 2f out, switched right and 5th over 1f out, stayed on well outer inside final furlong to lead closing stages, won at Naas 1m 2f hcp Good - Yielding in Oct beating New Direction (8-8) by 1 3/4l, 13 ran.
Park Row (IRE) 22-1 (9-4) Mid-division on outer, closer approaching straight, pushed along in 6th under 2f out, no impression inside final furlong, 7th of 15, 4 3/4l behind Onlyhuman (8-12) at Limerick 1m 3f hcp sft in Apr.
Play The Game (IRE) 50-1 (9-11) Held up, soon raced in 13th, pushed along after halfway, kept on same pace from under 2f out, 12th of 16, 10 1/4l behind Limini (9-9) at Leopardstown 1m 5f hcp gf in Sep.