dwelt and soon pushed along to chase leaders, ridden in 3rd 2f out, soon led, strongly pressed 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace close home
disputed lead, headed and pushed along halfway, ridden and weakened from 2f out
chased leaders in 3rd, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
disputed lead, led halfway, ridden 2f out, soon headed, dropped to 3rd 1f out, no impression in 4th inside final furlong
rear of mid-division, ridden in 6th 2f out, went moderate 4th 1f out, kept on without threatening in 3rd inside final furlong
slowly away and held up towards rear, pushed along on outer 3f out, soon ridden and no impression, never a factor
slowly away and reminders trailing in rear early, in touch in rear halfway, pushed along in moderate 7th 2f out, no impression under hands and heels final furlong
chased leaders on inner, pushed along 3f out, soon ridden and weakened, trailing and eased from 2f out
mid-division, progress 3f out, went 4th 2f out, soon ridden, improved into 2nd 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well close home
KADRA's fourth behind Alice Springs at the Curragh in June has worked out very well with all three who finished in front of her scoring subsequently. She faces a couple of potentially nice types here but will take some beating. Qatari Hunter made his debut on very testing ground at Limerick earlier this month and did well to finish a close fourth. He'll have come on a bundle for the run and has to be a threat along with Dermot Weld's newcomer Zoravan. He has a pedigree packed with speed as his sire was a smart juvenile and 7f Grade 1 winner in the USA while his dam was a 6f winner. Arch Sting made an encouraging debut at the Curragh last month and should improve enough to take a hand.
Arch Sting (USA) 16-1 (9-5) Towards rear, ridden and some progress on outer 2f out, no impression over 1f out, kept on one pace, 14th of 22, 8 3/4l behind Hit It A Bomb (9-5) at Curragh 7f mdn Good - Yielding in Sep.
Don Elias (FR) 66-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, soon 6th, pushed along from 3f out, no extra from 2f out, 12th of 15, 30 3/4l behind Dinozzo (9-5) at Navan 1m mdn gd in Oct.
Muffin The Mule (IRE) 50-1 (9-5) Mid-divison, ridden 2f out, no extra over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 12th of 16, 20 1/4l behind Newsman (9-5) at Gowran Park 1m mdn gd in Sep.
Precious Gold (IRE) 33-1 (9-5) Prominent, ran freely, led before halfway, headed over 2f out, soon no extra, weakened, 11th of 15, 13 3/4l behind Awtaad (9-5) at Leopardstown 7f mdn gd in Oct.
Qatari Hunter (IRE) 11-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, ridden in 5th halfway, no impression on principals and kept on into 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 4 3/4l behind A Year To Remember (9-5) at Limerick 7f mdn sft in Oct.
Stellar Eile Medicean gelding out of Stellar Brilliant.
Zoravan (USA) More Than Ready colt out of Zaralanta.
Cassis Sunset (IRE) 50-1 (9-0) Bumped from stalls and settled towards, ridden from under 3f out and no impression from well over 1f out, last of 11, 24 1/4l behind Cool Thunder (9-0) at Naas 6f mdn fll gf in Oct.
Kadra (IRE) 8-1 (9-0) Mid-division on outer, pushed along in 6th 2f out, ridden in 4th 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 12, 4 3/4l behind Alice Springs (9-0) at Curragh 7f mdn fll gd in Jun.
