dwelt and held up in rear, effort and some progress into 6th entering straight, soon ridden, no impression from 1 1/2f out
chased leaders, improved to dispute lead and ridden under 2f out, flicked tail under pressure, headed briefly 1f out, soon disputed lead again, stayed on well to lead close home
held up, dropped to rear 3f out, soon ridden and no impression, never a factor
mid-division, ridden in 5th 2f out, went moderate 4th 1f out, kept on without threatening final furlong
chased leader in 2nd, ridden entering straight, dropped to 4th 2f out, soon no impression
led, ridden and strongly pressed entering straight, headed under 2f out, no impression and dropped to 4th inside final furlong,
chased leaders, pushed along 4f out, soon no impression
chased leaders, 3rd 3f out, improved to dispute lead and ridden under 2f out, led briefly 1f out, soon joined and strongly pressed, headed and no extra close home
slowly into stride and held up in last, ridden entering straight, soon no impression, never a factor
always towards rear, ridden entering straight, no impression, never a factor
Dermot Weld won this three times with Famous Name and relies on VOTE OFTEN this time. She beat Beyond Brilliance easily on her second start last October and landed a Group 3 on her reappearance but hasn't been seen since third in the Irish 1000 Guineas in May. That was a cracking effort and she's unlikely to be wanting for fitness so should be good enough. Her stable companion Starlet easily landed a maiden on soft ground here in July and started favourite for a York Group 3 but ran no sort of race and finished last. She's much better than that but Afonso De Sousa has shown his best form on Polytrack though has been mainly disappointing. Theophilus made her debut on heavy going at Gowran in April and could hardly have been more impressive. It's a concern that she hasn't been seen subsequently and Jim Bolger also runs Answered, who looks a real soft-ground specialist. He made a successful debut at the Curragh before twice finishing behind Fascinating Rock at Group 3 level. Ebasani was well behind in the first of those races but at least has the benefit of a recent run having beaten three rivals at Tipperary in August.
Afonso De Sousa (USA) 6-1 (9-7) Held up in rear, ridden under 2f out and 5th 1f out, kept on without troubling principals to go 3rd close home, 3rd of 7, 4l behind Chance To Dance (9-7) at Dundalk 1m 3f Listed stks (1) pol.
Answered 10-1 (9-3) Tracked leader in 3rd, ridden 2f out, no impression final furlong, 4th of 6, 5l behind Fascinating Rock (9-3) at Leopardstown 1m 2f 3yo Grp 3 (1) in May.
Dragon Fei (IRE) 9-1 (8-11) Mid-division, progress straight and led under 2f out, ridden and headed 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 15, 6l behind Hannah's Magic (7-13) at Navan 1m 2f fll hcp sft.
Ebasani (IRE) 6-4fav (9-5) Ran freely in held up 4th, closer in 4th 3f out, progress to 2nd 1 1/2f out, ridden to lead 1f out, driven out close home, won at Tipperary 1m 1f stks gf in Aug beating Long Journey Home (9-8) by 1 3/4l, 4 ran.
Mizzava (IRE) 11-1 (9-2) Always towards rear, ridden and no impression 3f out, 8th of 9, 9l behind Sun On The Run (9-7) at Cork 1m Listed stks (1) sft.
Queen Of Alba (IRE) 14-1 (9-7) Tracked leader, 2nd halfway, led under 3f out, headed 2f out and soon no extra, 10th of 15, 11l behind Hannah's Magic (7-13) at Navan 1m 2f fll hcp sft.
Theophilus (IRE) 5-4fav (9-5) Soon raced in 4th, pushed along 4f out, ridden to challenge and lead well over 1f out, stayed on well to draw clear final furlong, easily, won at Gowran Park 1m 4f 3yo mdn hvy in Apr beating Asknotwhat (9-5) by 9l, 6 ran.
Vote Often 4-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden in 3rd 2f out, 4th 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 11, 7l behind Marvellous (9-0) at Curragh 1m 3yo Fll Grp 1 (1) hvy in May.
Beyond Brilliance (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) In rear, 14th halfway, switched right and ridden 2f out, kept on well final furlong, no danger, 8th of 15, 5l behind Avenue Gabriel (9-0) at Naas 1m fll lst stks (1).
Starlet (IRE) 5-2fav (8-11) Held up in rear, pushed along over 4f out, well beaten over 2f out, last of 10, 16l behind Queen Of Ice (8-11) at York 1m 4f fll lst stks (1) gd in Aug.
