slowly into stride and pushed along briefly, towards rear, headway and effort straight, kept on without matching principals inside final furlong
soon tracked leaders, closed up before straight, on terms over 2f out, headed 1 1/2f out, soon no extra and one pace
soon chased leaders, lost position and dropped to last approaching straight, headway and switched left over 1 1/2f out, kept on well without matching front pair inside final furlong
soon prominent, no extra from over 2f out, soon weakened
soon mid-division, switched left over 2f out and effort, soon one pace
soon chased leaders, pushed along before straight, slightly impeded and switched right over 1 1/2f out, no extra and one pace after
soon led, joined before halfway, headed over 2f out, soon no extra
pushed along briefly early, towards rear, no extra 1 1/2f out
soon tracked leaders, on terms over 2f out, led over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong to hold on at the finish
pushed along briefly early, towards rear, pushed along before straight, soon raced on outer and one pace
soon prominent, on terms before halfway, pushed along before straight, headed over 1f out, kept on well without quite getting back to winner closing stages
The veteran Castle Guest has a good record around here and didn't take to Sligo last time. Aera won three times in Germany last summer and doesn't look badly treated for her debut here. Connections of MARICRUZ (NAP) might have expected a bigger rise than the 6lb she incurred for her comfortable Navan victory and, with Shane Crosse claiming 5lb, a follow-up success looks likely. Dream Point has joined the in-form Denis Hogan after landing a Ballinrobe claimer on Monday but Massa Lubrense has only won at Dundalk and tackles this longer trip for the first time.
Contrapposto (IRE) 20-1 (10-0) Slowly into stride, towards rear, pushed along on outer approaching straight, no impression when edged left under 2f out, one pace, 9th of 10, 8 3/4l behind Koybig (9-5) at Killarney 1m hcp gd in Jul.
Maricruz (IRE) 7-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, headway over 2f out and soon pushed along to lead, ridden and 4 lengths clear 1f out, driven out and kept on well, won at Navan 1m 2f hcp gf in Jul beating Dance Emperor (9-2) by 3 1/2l, 8 ran.
Aera (GER) 8-11fav (9-4) won at Baden-Baden 1m 1f hcp gd in Oct beating Action Please (8-11) by 1 1/4l, 5 ran.
Keble (IRE) 66-1 (11-12) Tracked leaders, slight mistake at 1st and mistake 3rd, soon weakened quickly, pulled up after 5th, at Bellewstown 2m 1f mdn gd in Jul.
Massa Lubrense (IRE) 10-1 (8-7) Towards rear, pushed along entering straight and some headway in 8th 2f out, kept on one pace from over 1f out, 5th of 12, 6 1/2l behind Onlyhuman (9-8) at Limerick 1m hcp Yielding in Jun.
Secret Wizard (IRE) 20-1 (9-7) Soon chased leaders, lost position 2f out, no extra from over 1f out, last of 9, 19l behind Claim The Lady (9-0) at Naas 1m 2f hcp gd in Jul.
Goodwood Showman 10-1 (9-4) Rear of mid-division, 7th halfway, ridden entering straight, no impression in 6th 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 17 1/4l behind Jake Peter (9-12) at Fairyhouse 1m 4f hcp Good - Yielding in Jun.
Castle Guest (IRE) 7-1 (10-0) Mid-division, no impression from 2f out, eased final furlong, 12th of 14, 17 1/2l behind Maunganui (9-10) at Sligo 1m 2f hcp gd in Jun.
Shamad (IRE) 4-1fav (9-13) Mid-division, 8th halfway, pushed along and no impression over 2f out, soon no extra, 14th of 19, 35 1/4l behind New Vocation (9-1) at Navan 1m 2f hcp gf in Jul.
Dream Point (IRE) 7-2 (9-1) Tracked leaders on inner, 5th halfway, switched left and headway under 2f out, 3rd on outer entering straight and ridden to lead 100 yards out, kept on well, won at Ballinrobe 1m 1f gd in Jul beating Eastern Racer (9-11) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.
Pillmakers Hill (IRE) 12-1 (8-4) Led, ridden over 2f out and headed 1 1/2f out, 3rd and no impression 1f out, no extra final 100 yards, 7th of 10, 2 1/4l behind Frosty Beach (8-5) at Naas 1m hcp gd in Jun.
