tracked leader, dropped to 5th halfway, weakened to rear under 3f out, soon detached, no extra and eased final furlong, tailed off
broke well to lead, niggled along approaching straight, ridden 1f out, kept on strongly final furlong
rear, 4th halfway, headway on outer to 2nd under 2f out, dropped to 4th and ridden 1f out, no impression, kept on same pace
chased leader, progress to 2nd halfway, ridden and dropped to 3rd 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
held up, niggled along in 6th halfway, 5th under 3f out, under pressure approaching straight, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong
Gordon Elliott is back in top form and though Monkeylou is returning from a long break he's greatly respected. A debut winner when heavily supported at Wexford a year ago, he couldn't cope with Listed company at Tipperary in August and returns to action in this lower grade. WENTWOOD showed plenty of promise on his opening run and had little trouble landing a Listowel maiden in impressive fashion - he looks the type to go on to better things. Krispen, a Navan maiden winner in October, made a reasonable reappearance at Listowel and will have come on for the run but My Silver Nails may do better back in handicap company.
Khwarizmi (USA) 16-1 (8-6) Tracked leaders on outer, pushed along and lost place approaching straight, ridden and no impression in rear 2f out, no extra, last of 14, 15 1/4l behind Master Speaker (9-11) at Dundalk 6f hcp pol in Jan.
Krispen (IRE) 14-1 (9-9) Tracked leader, ran freely, 3rd halfway, pushed along 2f out and ridden in 4th 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 6 1/4l behind My Snowdrop (9-6) at Listowel 7f hcp gd in Jun.
Monkeylou (IRE) 9-2 (9-3) Took keen hold, tracked leaders, 4th approaching straight and raced up centre of track, no impression 1f out, one pace, 5th of 7, 9 1/4l behind Ballet Shoes (8-12) at Tipperary 7f lst stks (1) Yielding in Aug.
Wentwood 4-1 (9-5) Dwelt, ran freely, 4th halfway, travelled well and headway on outer to lead 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, very easily, won at Listowel 1m mdn gd in Jun beating Understate (9-5) by 1l, 8 ran.
My Silver Nails (IRE) 10-1 (8-13) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, no impression on winner final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 4, 2 3/4l behind Battle Of Jericho (9-4) at Fairyhouse 6f gf in May.
Big Bad Sal (IRE) 33-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, raced in rear, 8th halfway, no headway, never a factor, last of 8, 14 1/4l behind Dream Of Words (8-13) at Roscommon 7f hcp fll gf in Jun.