chased leaders in 4th, closer entering straight, ridden and dropped to 6th over 1f out, eased when beaten inside final furlong
settled in 6th, closer entering straight and 5th 2f out, ridden in 4th over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
chased leaders in 3rd, closer entering straight and led under 2f out, strongly pressed and headed 1f out, no impression and dropped to 3rd final furlong
slowly into stride and settled in rear, closer entering straight, went 5th and ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
dwelt and settled towards rear, ridden entering straight and headway on outer to go 3rd 1f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, not reach winner
settled in 5th, closer entering straight and headway to lead 1f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong
led, first 2 clear before halfway, joined 4f out, ridden and headed under 2f out, soon no extra and weakened
tracked leader in 2nd, clear of remainder before halfway, disputed 4f out, headed under 2f out and soon no extra, weakened
Casbah Rock was in excellent form last summer and isn't badly handicapped, though a long absence is against him. Spin Of A Coin has changed stables since easily beating two opponents in a claimer here last month and this is tougher. Night Glimmer attempted to make all on his reappearance and found only Akasaka too strong so, with that under her belt, she looks certain to go well but it's the veteran TRIBES AND BANNER who can gain his fifth success on the track on his 11th start. He won here in January before completely missing the break on his next start at the Curragh and returned with a fine run behind Alhellal at the beginning of the month. The remaining quartet all have chances with Akinspirit, who was just in front of the selection last time, probably the best of them.
Casbah Rock (IRE) 14-1 (9-1) Led, strongly pressed early straight, headed under 2f out, no extra final furlong, 5th of 18, 6l behind Gimli's Rock (9-3) at Curragh 1m 4f hcp gd in Jun.
Spin Of A Coin (IRE) 4-11fav (9-9) Settled 3rd, improved into 2nd over 4f out, led 2f out, clear over 1f out, not extended, won at Dundalk 1m 3f clm stks pol in Apr beating Baitsileir (9-4) by 10l, 3 ran.
Night Glimmer (IRE) 9-2 (9-3) Led, ridden and challenged over 1f out, headed under 1f out, no extra in 2nd inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Akasaka (9-9) at Dundalk 1m 3f Handicap (60-90) (4yo+) pol.
Tribes And Banner (IRE) 8-1 (9-8) Dwelt, keen and held up towards rear, headway in 7th 3f out, ridden into 4th 2f out, 2nd 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, lost 2nd on line, 3rd of 13, 3/4l behind Alhellal (9-13) at Dundalk 1m 4f hcp 50-80 pol.
Johnnys Legacy (IRE) 11-4 (11-5) Mid-division, 7th halfway, headway into 3rd 4f out, travelled well in 2nd 2f out, ridden to lead 1 1/2f out, headed under 1f out, no extra and kept on same pace, 3rd of 12, 2 1/2l behind Discovery Bay (11-5) at Dundalk 2m am hcp 50-80 pol in Mar.
Akinspirit (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Rear of mid-division, headway in 7th 2f out, ridden into 4th 1f out, kept on final furlong to 2nd on line, 2nd of 13, 1/2l behind Alhellal (9-13) at Dundalk 1m 4f hcp 50-80 pol.
Talenti (IRE) 14-1 (9-4) Waited with towards rear, kept on same pace from over 4f out, 7th of 11, 37l behind One Cool Shabra (8-8) at Clonmel 2m hcp 47-65 sft.
Bashkirov 6-1 (9-5) Rear of mid-division early, headway into 2nd halfway, ridden in 4th 2f out, soon no extra and kept on one pace, 7th of 13, 7l behind Mutasareb (8-9) at Dundalk 1m 4f app hcp 47-65 pol in Nov.
