in rear, pushed along from 3 out, soon no impression, one pace
made all, jumped right 4th and at times after, in command from 3 out, slight mistake 2 out, stayed on well, easily
raced in 2nd, not fluent 3 out, soon ridden and no impression, one pace
Dorans River has a double penalty for his two victories and was well beaten at Galway. He'll find it very difficult conceding weight to these rivals especially FABULOUS SAGA, who put two bumper defeats behind him with a facile debut victory over hurdles at Ballinrobe. That should give him the edge over in-form rivals Young Turk, who beat the useful Silver Concorde at Bellewstown, and the four-year-old Balakani, a very impressive maiden winner at Killarney though on good going.
Dorans River (IRE) 20-1 (11-9) Tracked leader, 2nd halfway, not fluent 7th, ridden approaching 2 out and soon no extra, weakened, 5th of 6, dist behind Oakly (11-6) at Galway 2m 5f Yielding in Aug.
Fabulous Saga (FR) 4-9fav (11-12) Soon disputed lead and went on, led before 2nd, clear 5th, slight mistake 7th, soon in command, stayed on well from 2 out, easily, won at Ballinrobe 2m 5f mdn Yielding in Aug beating Masterson (11-6) by 20l, 11 ran.
Young Turk (FR) 14-1 (11-4) Chased leader, moderate 2nd from 4th, clear of field after 6th, closed on leader 4 out, led 3 out, ridden before last where pressed, kept on well run-in, won at Bellewstown 2m 4f mdn gd in Aug beating Silver Concorde (11-12) by 1 3/4l, 11 ran.
Balakani (FR) 9-1 (11-2) Jinked right start and slowly into stride, towards rear, progress into mid-division after 5 out, 5th after 4 out, challenged 3 out, slight mistake 2 out, ridden to lead before last, kept on strongly to go clear run-in, won at Killarney 2m 1f mdn gd in Aug beating Iusetaluvheronce (11-4) by 7 1/2l, 17 ran.
