held up in rear, closer on outer 3f out, ridden into 2nd 1 1/2f out, no impression on leader 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, dropped to 3rd closing stages
tracked leaders, 2nd halfway, challenged on inner 3f out, ridden and short of room on rail 2 1/2f out, no extra over 1f out
settled behind leaders early, 5th halfway, closer and pressed leaders under 3f out, ridden and lost place 2f out, under pressure in 6th over 1f out, kept on again closing stages
held up early, 4th halfway, closer 3f out, ridden into 2nd between horses 2f out, under pressure in 3rd over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 2nd closing stages
soon prominent, led after 1 1/2f, ridden and headed 3f out, under pressure and hampered over 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
led, headed after 1 1/2f and tracked leader, 3rd halfway, challenged 4f out, ridden to lead under 3f out, asserted 1f out, kept on strongly final furlong
Joseph O'Brien holds a strong hand with ONAMERIDANCE and Corky. The former stepped up to 1m2f at Down Royal and won a handicap by eight lengths and though hit with a massive 16lb rise is probably still well handicapped. Corky has done well since taking on handicap company, finishing a close second at Leopardstown and beaten less than two lengths in a huge field at the Curragh. Secret Sea landed a Tipperary handicap before a far-from-clear run at Ballinrobe and her rider's claim should see her in contention while Venice Biennale has been racing in Listed company since easily landing a Navan maiden last May.
Venice Biennale (IRE) 22-1 (9-9) Slowly into stride and raced in rear early, soon headway on outer and soon tracked leaders, 2nd after 3f, ridden and lost place over 2f out, soon weakened, 7th of 8, 12l behind Rumbles Of Thunder (9-12) at Gowran Park 1m 1f lst fll stks (1) Yielding in May.
Onameridance (IRE) 11-4fav (9-12) Mid-division, 6th halfway, headway in 3rd 2f out, pushed along and led over 1f out, stretched clear inside final furlong, easily, won at Down Royal 1m 2f hcp Yielding in Jun beating Chaos Control (9-13) by 8 1/2l, 9 ran.
Sootability (IRE) 33-1 (11-7) Mid-division, badly hampered 3rd, towards rear halfway, no impression after 4 out and soon no extra, 11th of 16, dist behind Cottie (10-13) at Clonmel 2m mdn gd in May.
Secret Sea (IRE) 7-4 (8-11) Held up in rear, went 3rd 3f out, pushed along and headway on outer approaching straight, challenging when hampered 1f out, soon ridden and kept on, no impression in 3rd closing stages, 3rd of 4, 2l behind Merroir (10-1) at Ballinrobe 1m 5f hcp fll gd in Jun.
Corky (IRE) 11-2 (9-7) Broke well, soon led, headed over 5f out, improved to lead over 2f out, ridden and strongly pressed under 1f out, headed final 100 yards, no extra, 4th of 22, 1 3/4l behind Dunum (9-10) at Curragh 1m 1f hcp gd in Jun.
Irish Lullaby 5-1 (10-0) Edged right leaving stalls, soon prominent, led after 1f, under pressure and headed over 2f out, lost place approaching straight, weakened 1f out, 7th of 11, 5 3/4l behind Sally Golightly (9-6) at Sligo 1m 2f hcp Good - Yielding in May.
