slowly into stride, in touch in rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, kept on towards finish
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
in touch in rear, ridden 2f out, headway entering final furlong, ran on to go 2nd towards finish
led, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leader, led over 1f out, ridden and ran on
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace
Court Applause was registering his first victory when scoring at Wolverhampton last month and will need to improve again off a higher mark. Irish raider Ability N Delivery is 8lb higher than when winning over C&D on his penultimate start and has been beaten at Dundalk since, but recent Wolverhampton winner Rylee Mooch is back in more suitable company after finishing fourth in a tougher contest last time. ESTONIA also drops in class and, though her late finishing style requires some luck in-running, she's good enough to take this if things fall her way.
Estonia 5-1 (8-9) Dwelt towards rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, stayed on, nearest finish, 4th of 8, 1 1/2l behind Taajub (9-7) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.
Befortyfour 17-2 (9-6) Soon tracking leaders on outside, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 11, 33l behind Emiratesdotcom (9-5) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Sep.
Ability N Delivery 5-1 (8-6) Chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden in 3rd 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 6th of 8, 2l behind An Saighdiur (9-0) at Dundalk 5f hcp pol.
Nine Before Ten (IRE) 40-1 (8-11) Chased clear leader until over 1f out, soon weakened, 11th of 12, 27l behind My Kingdom (9-3) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Billy Red 6-1 (9-7) Slight lead, headed 2f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 17l behind Waabel (8-12) at Wolverhampton 6f hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
Court Applause (IRE) 5-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, switched right over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 5f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Feb beating Silvanus (9-6) by nk, 11 ran.
Rylee Mooch 16-1 (8-4) Reared start, mid-division, ridden over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 2l behind Island Legend (9-4) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
The Strig 10-1 (9-3) Tracked leader, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 6l behind Lastkingofscotland (9-4) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.