edged slightly right leaving stalls, soon led on outer, 2 lengths clear halfway, ridden 1 1/2f out, kept on, strongly pressed final 100 yards, soon headed, no extra
mid-division, 4th halfway, niggled along approaching straight, ridden and no impression on leader in 3rd over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
bumped leaving stalls, soon rear of mid-division, 5th halfway, under pressure approaching straight, ridden under 1f out, kept on without threatening
slowly into stride, soon detached, progress 1 1/2f out, kept on final furlong, no extra closing stages
edged left leaving stalls and bumped rival, soon raced towards rear, 6th halfway, niggled along over 2f out, ridden under 2f out, dropped to rear and weakened over 1f out
in touch on inner, 3rd halfway, dropped to 4th and ridden 1 1/2f out, no extra under 1f out, dropped to 5th closing stages
Jeroboam continues to disappoint and was over three lengths behind DIXIE BLUEBELL when the latter scored at Fairyhouse last week. Jim Bolger's filly had given notice of an imminent success when narrowly beaten at the Curragh earlier and should have the legs of these. Ferrybank's only success came at Dundalk while Shahaada was beaten almost 10 lengths into third at Sligo. Fly Girl gained her only victory here in August but hasn't shown the expected improvement.
Jeroboam (USA) 13-8fav (9-7) Prominent, dropped to 5th halfway, soon pushed along and no impression, kept on without threatening inside final furlong, 4th of 17, 3 1/2l behind Dixie Bluebell (9-2) at Fairyhouse 7f mdn gd in Jul.
Dixie Bluebell (IRE) 5-2 (9-2) Soon chased leaders, closer in 4th before halfway, effort straight, switched left 1 1/2f out, stayed on well final furlong to lead close home, won at Fairyhouse 7f mdn gd in Jul beating Offiah (9-7) by 3/4l, 17 ran.
Ferrybank 8-1 (8-8) Tracked leaders, ran freely, 3rd halfway, ridden and dropped to 7th over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong to go 3rd on line, 3rd of 8, 2 3/4l behind Wood Ranger (9-0) at Naas 6f hcp gd in Jun.
Shahaada (IRE) 2-1 (8-12) Broke well, settled back to track leaders, pushed along halfway, 4th and ridden under 2f out, no impression early straight, 3rd and kept on one pace inside final 150 yards, 3rd of 7, 9 1/2l behind The Blue Panther (9-8) at Sligo 6f Yielding in Jun.
Uncharted 20-1 (9-4) Chased leaders, took keen hold, ridden over 2f out, weakened, 10th of 11, 20 1/2l behind To Glory (9-9) at Dundalk 1m pol in Mar.
Fly Girl (IRE) 10-1 (9-9) Dwelt, soon chased leaders, ridden entering straight, weakened, 9th of 10, 8 1/4l behind Affable (9-6) at Roscommon 7f hcp fll gd in Jun.
No Patience (IRE) 16-1 (8-6) Fly leapt from stalls, towards rear early, 6th halfway, some headway on inner over 1f out, no impression and short of room inside final furlong, no extra, 9th of 10, 9 1/4l behind Blue For You (9-12) at Leopardstown 1m hcp gd in Jul.
