tracked leaders, pushed along on outer into straight, 3rd 1 1/2f out, edged left inside final furlong, kept on without troubling winner into 2nd near finish
soon led, strongly pressed and joined 1 1/2f out, narrowly headed over 1f out, no extra and one pace inside final furlong, dropped to 3rd near finish
a little keen, tracked leaders, pushed along on inner before straight, 4th 1 1/2f out, no extra and one pace from 1f out
slowly into stride, towards rear, pushed along on inner approaching straight, edged right to outer and no impression 1 1/2f out, kept on same pace without threatening
prominent, pushed along from 3f out, dropped to 6th over 1f out, weakened
dwelt, soon tracked leaders, pushed along before straight, 5th over 1f out, kept on same pace
slightly awkward and lost ground start, in rear, pushed along under 3f out, no impression over 2f out
a little keen early, prominent, closed up before straight, ridden to challenge and on terms 1 1/2f out, gained narrow lead over 1f out, kept on well to assert inside final furlong
Aidan O’Brien runs three and Joseph runs two but none have threatened so far. Berkeley Square was ahead of Coat Of Arms here last month but Somerset Maugham may prove best of the Ballydoyle trio after a modest start at the Curragh. Drapers Guild was well beaten on debut and stablemate and newcomer Tamboureen is tongue-tied on his introduction. Theobald is nothing out of the ordinary on breeding but LUZUM cost 130,000gns so a chance is taken Dermot Weld’s newcomer is good enough to make a winning start.
Berkeley Square (IRE) 13-2 (9-5) Soon tracked leaders in 4th, pushed along briefly over 3f out, pushed along again over 2f out, 5th 1f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 12, 7 1/4l behind Camelback (9-5) at Leopardstown 7f mdn gf in May.
Coat Of Arms (IRE) 12-1 (9-5) Held up, soon raced in 9th, pushed along and no impression over 1f out, soon no extra, 10th of 12, 16 1/2l behind Camelback (9-5) at Leopardstown 7f mdn gf in May.
Drapers Guild 10-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, 4th early, 2nd 3f out, no impression and edged left under 2f out, soon no extra, 8th of 12, 23 3/4l behind Verbal Dexterity (9-5) at Curragh 7f mdn sft in Jun.
Fallen Forest (IRE) Most Improved colt out of Fruit O'the Forest.
Luzum (IRE) Epaulette colt out of Empress Ella.
Somerset Maugham (IRE) 15-2 (9-5) Slowly into stride and in rear, pushed along halfway, no impression, 7th of 9, 11 1/4l behind Commander Grigio (9-5) at Curragh 6f mdn Yielding in May.
Tamboureen (IRE) Red Jazz colt out of Fritillary.
Theobald (IRE) Teofilo colt out of Sanaara.
