raced last throughout, ridden and kept on same pace from 2 1/2f out
2nd early, led before halfway, niggled along from 4f out, ridden and strongly pressed entering straight, headed 1f out, no extra final furlong
led, headed before halfway, ridden in 2nd entering straight, led 1f out, kept on well
raced 3rd throughout, close 3rd 2 1/2f out, soon ridden, no extra in 3rd from 1 1/2f out
The ground can play an important part as MANACOR didn't enjoy soft conditions at Killarney last time after a fine debut on quicker going here while Deorai looked suited by yielding ground at Sligo on Tuesday. With today's ground likely to be on the fast side, the former, whose second to When Not Iff on his debut looked a really promising effort, can land the spoils though Jim Bolger wouldn't be running Deorai for the third time in eight days unless confident of victory. Sixty Eight Guns will need to improve while the race conditions are against Six Silver Lane.
Six Silver Lane 40-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, no threat from early straight, weakened, 11th of 13, 17l behind Honey Of A Kitten (9-3) at Cork 1m 2yo mdn aut gd.
Deorai (IRE) 5-1 (9-0) Chased leader in close 2nd, disputed halfway, ridden to lead 2f out, pressed final furlong, drifted left under pressure, kept on well, won at Sligo 6f 2yo aut beating Gentleman Duke (8-11) by 1/2l, 7 ran.
Manacor (IRE) 4-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, 6th and effort early straight, 7th and no extra when eased 1f out, 8th of 15, 10l behind Mawaakef (9-0) at Killarney 1m 2yo mdn.
Sixty Eight Guns (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden in 5th 2f out, no extra and kept on same pace from 1 1/2f out, 5th of 9, 8l behind Fred Archer (9-0) at Leopardstown 7f 2yo mdn gf.
