held up towards rear, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, never dangerous
tracked leaders, ridden well over 1f out, soon weakened
led, headed approaching 2f out, soon ridden, every chance entering final furlong, no extra near finish
tracked leader, ridden well over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders and keen, went 2nd 6f out, led approaching 2f out, soon ridden and under pressure, held on well towards finish, driven out
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
held up towards rear, headwaqy over 2f out, ridden and every chance entering final furlong, kept on and held towards finish
held up mid-division on outer, pushed along before 6f out, soon ridden, weakened over 3f out, eased over 1f out
held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, hung right over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
FELIX YONGER has his first start for Howard Johnson having been with Tony Mullins when finishing second on his racecourse debut at Leopardstown late last month. The Oscar gelding can go one better here at the main expense of the mare D'Gigi, who was a promising runner-up to Bygones In Brid over C&D in November and also open to improvement. Big Sam's second over C&D in November has worked out quite well and he looks the pick of the remainder ahead of Distime, who won an Irish point-to-point in October but will probably need further.
Big Sam 33-1 (11-2) Held up towards rear, headway over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, chased winner inside final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 9, 1 3/4l behind First Rock (11-2) at Musselburgh 2m mdn NH flat (5) gd in Nov.
Civil Unrest (IRE) Blueprint gelding out of Yore.
Distime (IRE) 4-5 (11-7) Mid div, 6th 6out, prog in 3rd aftr 3out, ld bef last, sow, won at Kilsheelan 3m ire ptp gd in Oct beating Gurrawn Vic (11-7) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.
Dizzy River (IRE) 8-1 (11-5) Behind, headway from over 3f out, ridden 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 4th of 13, 7l behind Jukebox Melody (11-12) at Musselburgh 2m NH flat (5) gs.
Felix Yonger (IRE) 11-1 (11-4) Soon tracked leaders on inner, 3rd from 6f out, close up travelling well entering straight, ridden to challenge from 2f out, led briefly under 1f out, headed 100 yards from finish, 2nd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Bold Optimist (11-9) at Leopardstown 2m 4yo nhf sft in Dec.
Way To Finish 16-1 (11-8) Held up towards rear, some headway on inner over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, one pace, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 12, 19l behind Bygones In Brid (11-8) at Musselburgh 2m mdn nat hunt flat (5) gd in Nov.
D'Gigi 10-1 (11-1) Tracked leaders on inside, mid-division before halfway, soon outpaced, headway over 2f out, kept on to chase winner inside final furlong, no impression, 2nd of 12, 8l behind Bygones In Brid (11-8) at Musselburgh 2m mdn nat hunt flat (5) gd in Nov.
Pas Trop Tard (FR) Caballo Raptor colt out of This Melody.
De Vine Memory Grape Tree Road filly out of Mystic Memory.
