led, strongly pressed from early straight, headed early final furlong, kept on same pace under pressure
held up towards rear, travelling well when not clear run from well over 1f out, 5th inside final furlong when gap opened, kept on well closing stages
slowly into stride and ridden along to keep in touch, driven along and some headway on outer early straight, led under pressure early final furlong, kept on well
tracked leader in 2nd, ridden to challenge early straight, no extra inside final furlong
tracked leaders on inner in 3rd. raced keenly, pushed along in 4th under 2f out, no impression and kept on one pace inside final furlong
reluctant to enter stalls, tracked leaders on outer in 4th, 3rd and challenged briefly 2f out, no extra from 1f out
FURNER'S GREEN had stablemates Battle Of Saratoga and East Meets West behind when making a winning start here a month ago. He has entries in every major juvenile race this side of Christmas and is obviously well regarded. Sophies Echo beat the consistent An Ghalanta at the Curragh and the runner-up runs in the opener here while Somasach wasn't beaten far in a Group 3 at the Curragh and didn't run badly at that level behind Maybe at Leopardstown. Dragon Pulse is a nice type who handled soft conditions at Leopardstown so any further rain will aid his cause.
Battle Of Saratoga (IRE) 9-2 (9-3) Soon led, pressed from 2f out, headed under 1f out, soon no impression and kept on same pace, 2nd of 10, 3l behind Furner's Green (9-2) at Tipperary 7f 2yo mdn in Jul.
East Meets West (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Tracked leader, dropped to 4th from 2f out, soon no impression under pressure, kept on same pace, 4th of 10, 7l behind Furner's Green (9-2) at Tipperary 7f 2yo mdn in Jul.
Strait Of Zanzibar (USA) 20-1 (9-1) Chased leaders on inner, 5th halfway, pushed along approaching straight, no impression in centre of course from over 1f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 6, 9l behind Remember Alexander (8-12) at Leopardstown 7f 2yo Grp 3 (1) sft in Jul.
Lady Pastrana (IRE) 8-1 (8-8) Chased leaders, 6th halfway, ridden and no extra 2f out, 7th of 10, 5l behind Battleroftheboyne (8-7) at Curragh 6f 2yo hcp 60-90 in Jul.
Somasach (USA) 7-1 (8-12) Led, strongly pressed and headed under 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 6, 5l behind Maybe (9-1) at Leopardstown 7f 2yo fll Grp 3 (1) gd in Jul.
Sophies Echo (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Led, ridden and challenged 2f out, narrowly headed over 1f out, kept on to dispute final furlong, led close home, won at Curragh 6f 2yo fll mdn in Jul beating An Ghalanta (9-0) by nk, 11 ran.
Dragon Pulse (IRE) 7-4fav (9-3) Always prominent, tracked leader in 2nd, ridden to challenge under 2f out, led inside final furlong, kept on best, won at Leopardstown 6f 2yo mdn sft in Jul beating Ellell Duke (9-3) by 1l, 13 ran.
Furner's Green (IRE) 5-2fav (9-2) Towards rear, progress to track leaders in 5th before straight, challenged in 2nd 1f out, soon led and clear, stayed on well, comfortably, won at Tipperary 7f 2yo mdn in Jul beating Battle Of Saratoga (9-3) by 3l, 10 ran.
