led and disputed, attempted to assert from 2f out, headed and kept on without matching winner inside final furlong
tracked leaders, closed up from before straight, no impression under pressure in 4th and kept on same pace from over 1f out
settled in rear, headway straight, 6th 2f out, going best in 3rd over 1f out, led and stayed on well inside final furlong, comfortably
waited with, 6th under 4f out, no extra from under 2f out
tracked leaders, ridden into 2nd over 1f out, dropped to 3rd and kept on same pace inside final furlong
close up and disputed lead, ridden before straight, lost place and no extra from over 1f out
waited with towards rear, no impression under pressure in 5th from over 1f out, 4th and kept on same pace without threatening inside final furlong
Dubai Deer, a close third at Dundalk on his reappearance, and Good On Numbers, whose two runs at Navan in October were in testing conditions, have shown enough to suggest they will find a race soon but the pair to concentrate on are INDIAN CHIEF and Tonabrocky with the former having the edge. He also made his debut at Navan in October and started odds-on but found Loch Garman had too much for him. That initially looked disappointing but the winner subsequently landed a Group 1 in Italy so Aidan O'Brien's colt looks the one to be on. The winner is trained by Jim Bolger whose Tonabrocky showed real promise when runner-up to Foundry here in November.
Dubai Deer 12-1 (9-5) Prominent, 2nd entering straight, led briefly 2f out, soon ridden and headed, disputing 2nd 1f out, no extra and dropped to 3rd close home, 3rd of 10, 1l behind Mazandaran (9-5) at Dundalk 1m 3f 3yo mdn stks pol in Mar.
Good On Numbers (IRE) 7-1 (9-5) Prominent, keen hold, mainly 2nd, ridden 3f out, 3rd and no extra from 1f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 7 Roca Tumu (9-5) at Navan 1m 2yo mdn aut hvy in Oct.
Indian Chief (IRE) 4-5fav (9-5) Tracked leaders, travelled well from 2f out, ridden to challenge in 2nd final furlong, not match winner, kept on same pace, 2nd of 8 Loch Garman (9-5) at Navan 1m 2yo mdn hvy in Oct.
Mouth Piece 20-1 (9-5) Always towards rear, 10th of 13, 27l behind Elleval (9-5) at Dundalk 7f 2yo mdn stks pol in Dec.
Protestant (IRE) Papal Bull gelding out of Vintage Escape.
Threat Resolved (IRE) 12-1 (9-5) Never better than mid-division, last of 14, 18l behind Little White Cloud (9-5) at Dundalk 1m 2yo mdn stks pol in Nov.
Tonabrocky (IRE) 11-2 (9-5) Soon led, ridden and headed under 2f out, kept on same pace under pressure, 2nd of 12, 6l behind Foundry (9-5) at Leopardstown 7f mdn stks sft in Nov.
