awkward leaving stalls and slowly away, raced in rear, pushed along under 3f out, no impression 2f out
soon 2nd, narrow lead 4f out, 2nd under 3f out, pushed along entering straight where bumped rival, kept on one pace 1f out
raced 5th, pushed along 3f out, progress on inner to 2nd 1 1/2f out, kept on same pace 200 yards out
soon led, narrowly headed 4f out, pushed along and led under 3f out, headed 1f out, kept on without matching winner
held up 4th, pushed along on outer approaching straight, stayed on strongly 1 1/2f out to narrowly lead 1f out, kept on best
tracked leaders in 3rd, pushed along approaching straight where bumped, kept on without threatening leaders
Equation Of Time has had his last 10 races at Dundalk and has never reached a place in five starts on Turf. CASTLE BAR SLING hasn't won for a very long time but has generally competed at a higher level and has dropped to a fair mark so gets the vote. Waterloo Sunrise has had 16 starts on Turf and never won and is best on faster going while the maiden Solar Focus has only shown moderate ability so far from this mark. Sweet Cherry had very ordinary form in the UK but made an encouraging debut for new connections at Naas and wouldn't need to improve much to take a hand.
Equation Of Time 7-2fav (9-1) Led, ridden and headed entering straight, no impression from 2f out, 5th of 8, 3l behind Our Manekineko (9-5) at Dundalk 1m stks 0-85 pol in Apr.
Castle Bar Sling (USA) 16-1 (7-11) Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, no impression in 9th 1f out, kept on one pace, 7th of 14, 11l behind No Dominion (9-1) at Curragh 1m hcp sft.
Waterloo Sunrise (IRE) 14-1 (9-7) Soon led, ridden 2 1/2f out, headed under 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 15, 8l behind Amazing Star (9-12) at Leopardstown 1m 1f stks.
Solar Focus (IRE) 6-1 (8-10) Soon chased leaders in 3rd, closed up but ridden 3f out, 2nd over 2f out, no impression when switched left inside final furlong, one pace,, 5th of 10, 7l behind Pyromaniac (9-8) at Galway 1m 4f hcp 50-80.
Sweet Cherry (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Towards rear, progress into 6th 2f out, went 2nd 1f out, no impression on winner and kept on one pace, 2nd of 13, 3 1/2l behind Newton's Night (9-0) at Naas 1m fll mdn stks.
Caliso Bay (IRE) 20-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders in 4th, ridden in 2nd approaching straight, weakened 2f out, no extra 1f out, 9th of 15, 9l behind Amazing Star (9-12) at Leopardstown 1m 1f stks.
