waited with, good progress to be on terms 3f out, narrowly headed but still going well straight, ridden to go narrow lead deep inside final furlong, no extra and headed near line
tracked leaders, under pressure 4f out, soon no extra, tailed off
prominent, lost place 4f out, no impression in moderate 6th 3f out
led, joined 5f out, headed straight and no extra 2f out, kept on same pace
chased leaders, dropped to last halfway, struggling from 7f out, tailed off
waited with towards rear, progress 4f out, 4th 3f out, not getting to principals in 3rd from 2f out, kept on same pace
soon tracked leaders, 3rd for much, on terms 3f out, headed deep inside final furlong, rallied to regain lead near line
tracked leaders, ridden in 3rd 4f out, 5th 3f out, soon no impression, kept on same pace
This may not take too much winning so Charlie Swan's newcomer THE RAMBLIN KID may be good enough. He's a half-brother to the high-class Riverside Theatre amongst others and out of a very useful hurdler and can make a winning start to his career. Aerlite Supreme has done nothing wrong in his two bumper starts and looks an obvious threat but Colgrave Sound was a bit disappointing at Thurles last month and will need to do better. Quarterpastsix ran her best race to date in very testing conditions at Listowel in September so she'll have conditions to suit.
Aerlite Supreme (IRE) 2-1fav (12-0) Chased leaders, 5th halfway, ridden into 3rd under 3f out, under pressure in 4th 2f out, 3rd 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong to go 2nd close home, 2nd of 15, 3l behind Bell Weir (11-4) at Cork 2m N H flat sft.
Colgrave Sound (IRE) 10-3 (12-0) Always prominent, no impression under pressure in 3rd from 1 1/2f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 9, 10l behind Heath Hunter (12-0) at Thurles 2m N H flat in Nov.
Fort Carson (IRE) 20-1 (11-7) Tracked leaders on outer, ridden and weakened from 5f out, 10th of 14, well behind Melanjo (11-0) at Gowran Park 2m 4f N H flat hvy in May.
Rare Legend (IRE) 7-4 (12-0) Ld/disp, hdd bef 3out, disp again aftr 3out until 1l adv bef last, so, won at Boulta 3m ire ptp hvy in Nov beating Moonlight Boy (12-0) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.
The Bluebell Boy (IRE) Blueprint gelding out of Brush Le Moss.
The Ramblin Kid Westerner gelding out of Disallowed.
Fade In (IRE) 25-1 (11-5) Towards rear, pushed along in 10th after 4 out, kept on one pace in straight, 7th of 12, 35l behind Dante Anna (10-12) at Gowran Park 3m mdn hdl sft.
Quarterpastsix (IRE) 7-1 (11-9) Tracked leaders on inner, 4th halfway, no extra from 4f out, 10th of 16, 33l behind Cailin Annamh (11-2) at Wexford 2m Mares Nat Hunt Flat (4-5yo) gd in Oct.
