soon raced in 3rd, closed up and on terms 3f out, led travelling smoothly into straight, quickly asserted, stayed on well, very easily
keen, disputed lead early, soon led, joined 3f out, headed into straight, soon no extra
waited with, soon in rear, closed up on inner 6f out in 4th, pushed along over 3f out, dropped to last again approaching straight and no extra
waited with, soon raced in 4th, dropped to rear from 6f out, soon pushed along, under pressure from 4f out, moderate 4th approaching straight, soon no extra
a little keen, disputed lead early, soon tracked leader in 2nd, pushed along in 3rd from 3f out, soon no impression, no extra from 2f out
RECOGNIZE gets a stone from the two winners with his riders claim taken into account and that may be enough. Runner-up to Bubbles In May at Thurles, he can only improve and his stable know how to train winners in this sphere. Cool Survivor went for £175,000 after landing a point at Cork and has joined Gordon Elliott, who also runs Smooth Player, who landed the odds in a Galway bumper last month with Magnetic Pulse nine lengths behind. The Big Doyen attracted good support and was always travelling like a winner at Roscommon so is another with chances.
The Big Doyen (IRE) 3-1 (11-9) Rear of mid-division, 8th halfway, headway on outer 3f out, stumbled 2 1/2f out, soon led narrowly, edged right and asserted under 1f out, kept on well, won at Roscommon 1m 7f gd in Sep beating Ballyglass (11-9) by 1 1/2l, 12 ran.
Cool Survivor (IRE) (11-6) Mid-div on outer, prog in 3rd from 8th, chall ldr bef 4out, ld 3out, 4l adv & in command bef last, ko, won at Cork 3m mdn gd in Apr beating Serious Charges (11-6) by 4l, 8 ran.
He's Leading Me On (IRE) Leading Light gelding out of Cool Kas.
Magnetic Pulse (IRE) 4-1 (11-9) Held up, closer on outer 3f out, ridden in 5th 2f out, no impression over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 4th of 7, 9 1/2l behind Smooth Player (11-9) at Galway 2m 1f sft in Oct.
Recognize (FR) 10-3 (12-1) Mid-division, dropped towards rear halfway, 9th approaching straight, pushed along and some headway 2f out, 5th and ridden over 1f out, went 2nd 100 yards out, kept on, 2nd of 14, 4 1/2l behind Bubbles In May (11-9) at Thurles 2m gd in Oct.
Smooth Player (IRE) 8-11fav (11-9) Tracked leader, led 6 1/2f out, joined over 2f out, soon ridden, led 1 1/2f out, kept on well final furlong, won at Galway 2m 1f sft in Oct beating Cocoplum (11-2) by 1 1/2l, 7 ran.
