stumbled leaving stalls, held up in 5th early, dropped to 7th before halfway, ridden entering straight, soon no impression, never a factor
slowly away and in rear, ridden 5f out, no impression, never a factor
led, ridden and joined 2f out, headed 1 1/2f out, kept on same pace in 2nd inside final furlong
held up in 6th, ridden in 6th entering straight, soon no impression, never a factor
chased leaders in 4th, ridden entering straight, no impression from 2f out
chased leader in 2nd, ridden in 3rd entering straight, kept on same pace in 3rd from 1 1/2f out
pushed along early and soon raced 3rd, 4th halfway, ridden in 4th entering straight, kept on one paced final furlong
held up in rear early, headway into 3rd on outer at halfway, went 2nd entering straight, ridden to dispute lead 2f out, led 1 1/2f out, stayed on well final furlong
Jim Bolger has a tremendous record in this and has scored with a couple of three-year-olds recently so CEOL NA NOG is taken to keep up the trend. She completed a hat-trick in early summer and shot up the weights as a consequence but didn't last home over 1m7f at Leopardstown last week - this is her trip and she can get back to winning ways. Brokopondo has been running very well and was staying on strongly over this trip at Galway. Any rain would make him difficult to beat while Shadagann has generally been performing at a higher level and is just 2lb higher than last summer's Curragh victory. Time To Inspire won a Galway maiden last year by 10 lengths and was absent for almost a year before a couple of moderate runs in much stronger handicaps than this.
Time To Inspire (IRE) 9-2fav (11-11) Held up, some headway from over 4f out, mid-division approaching straight, kept on same pace, 8th of 20, 11l behind Swamp Fox (10-7) at Galway 2m 1f hcp Yielding in Jul.
Shadagann (IRE) 14-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride and towards rear, progress into 8th 3f out, ridden 2f out, no impression in 7th 1f out, kept on final furlong, 4th of 13, 3 1/4l behind Avenante (9-4) at Curragh 1m 4f hcp Good - Yielding in Jun.
Xebec (USA) 7-2 (9-8) Led, 5 lengths clear after 5f, reduced lead halfway, pushed along and headed 2f out, ridden and no impression in 3rd 1f out, no extra, 5th of 10, 9 1/4l behind Henry's Girl (8-9) at Tipperary 1m 4f hcp gf in May.
Brokopondo (IRE) 13-2 (9-13) Towards rear, 13th halfway, good progress between horses entering straight and went 4th 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, 3rd of 15, 1 1/2l behind Striking Gold (8-10) at Galway 1m 4f hcp Yielding in Jul.
I'll Be Your Clown (IRE) 9-2 (9-13) Chased leaders, ridden in 4th on outer entering straight, soon weakened, 7th of 9, 21 3/4l behind Queen Alphabet (9-10) at Gowran Park 1m 4f hcp gd in Jul.
Ceol Na Nog (IRE) 4-1 (9-3) Broke well to lead, driven approaching straight, ridden 1 1/2f out, headed 1f out, dropped to 3rd final 100 yards, kept on same pace, 3rd of 8, 2 3/4l behind Laws Of Spin (8-10) at Leopardstown 1m 7f hcp gd in Aug.
Time For Mabel (FR) 20-1 (10-10) Held up, 18th after 3rd, 16th approaching 2 out where not fluent, soon no extra, 15th of 20, 18 1/4l behind Clondaw Warrior (11-5) at Galway 2m hcp Good - Yielding in Jul.
My Direction 25-1 (9-5) Towards rear, progress into 5th and ridden entering straight, went 2nd 2f out, no impression on winner 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 2nd of 9, 6l behind Queen Alphabet (9-10) at Gowran Park 1m 4f hcp gd in Jul.
