slowly into stride, towards rear, never a factor, ridden and no impression early straight, no extra, kept on one pace final furlong
soon led, ridden 2f out and headed 1f out, no extra final 150 yards
rear of mid-division, ridden 2f out and no impression in 7th over 1f out, kept on one pace
tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, pushed along and no impression entering straight, soon no extra
prominent, tracked leader in 2nd, pushed along approaching straight, ridden and no extra 2f out, eased over 1f out, tailed off
tracked leaders, 5th halfway, pushed along and no extra early straight, eased inside final furlong
mid-division early, soon dropped back towards rear, switched right entering straight and headway on outer in 4th over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, nearest at finish
rear of mid-division, ridden and some headway under 2f out, 6th and no impression 1f out, kept on one pace
mid-division, pushed along and headway in 3rd entering straight, ridden to lead early final furlong, kept on well
broke well, soon dropped back to mid-division, pushed along approaching straight and 4th 2f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out, no extra
always towards rear, never a factor, pushed along and no impression approaching straight, no extra from 2f out
YULONG GOLD FAIRY battled to victory in this last year when Imaging, who started favourite, could only finish fifth. Her two latest runs were on faster ground than she would have liked and she's taken to win the race again for a new yard. Ed Vaughan sends Dubai Dominion from the UK. Her form doesn't look up to scratch there have been a couple of surprise winning raiders in the past few weeks. Black Magic Woman ran a fine race when just failing to concede weight to Current Option in a Leopardstown handicap but Bowerman only scrambled home at Gowran and doesn't really look up to this.
Imaging (9-2) 2nd of 9, 1/2l behind The Revenant (9-2) at Baden-Baden 1m Grp 2 stks (1) gs in May.
Bowerman 7-2 (9-11) A little slow into stride, soon raced in 3rd, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on well inside final furlong to lead close home, won at Gowran Park 1m sft in Sep beating Ideal Pal (9-7) by 1/2l, 5 ran.
Psychedelic Funk 14-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, 6th halfway, ridden and closer in 4th 2 1/2f out, no extra over 1f out, kept on one pace, 6th of 13, 4 1/4l behind Up Helly Aa (9-4) at Cork 1m 1f lst stks (1) Yielding - Soft in Oct.
Quizical (IRE) 6-1 (9-13) Soon led, edged left and headed 2f out, remained prominent, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 15, 2 1/4l behind Bopedro (9-13) at Curragh 1m hcp sft in Sep.
Saltonstall 8-1 (9-6) Soon raced in 11th, 9th and headway from over 3f out travelling smoothly, on terms over 1f out, headed inside final 100yds, kept on without matching front pair, 3rd of 16, 1 1/4l behind One Cool Poet (9-3) at Curragh 1m 2f hcp gf in Sep.
Dubai Dominion 5-1 (8-11) In touch in last pair, not clear run and switched left off rail over 2f out, headway chasing leaders over 1f out, squeezed through and ran on inside final furlong, went 2nd 50 yards out, not reach winner, 2nd of 6, nk behind Qaysar (9-5) at Haydock 7f stks (3) sft in Sep.
On A Session (USA) 11-1 (8-12) Mid-division, pushed along and some headway when slightly hampered 2f out, ridden and no impression 1f out, no extra, 19th of 25, 8 1/4l behind Jassaar (8-13) at Curragh 1m hcp Good - Yielding in Aug.
Crafty Madam (IRE) 12-1 (8-11) In touch, driven and headway over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on inside final furlong, not quite reach leaders, 7th of 19, 2l behind Excellent Times (8-6) at York 7f hcp fll (2) gd in Aug.
Wisdom Mind (IRE) 25-1 (9-2) Chased leaders early, soon settled mid-division, ridden in 6th over 2f out, no impression in 7th over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 13, 4l behind Up Helly Aa (9-4) at Cork 1m 1f lst stks (1) Yielding - Soft in Oct.
Yulong Gold Fairy 11-2 (9-7) Prominent early, soon chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden and switched right over 1 1/2f out, no impression 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 9, 5 3/4l behind Flight Risk (9-9) at Leopardstown 1m lst stks (1) gd in Jun.
Black Magic Woman (IRE) 20-1 (9-4) Came close with rival early and soon mid-division, 9th approaching halfway, headway and effort straight, kept on well without reaching winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 17, nk behind Current Option (8-12) at Leopardstown 7f hcp gd in Sep.
Chocolate Music (IRE) 5-1 (8-13) Waited with, raced in 6th early, pushed along over 2f out, improved to challenge over 1f out, no impression and one pace closing stages, 3rd of 8, 3 1/4l behind Flight Risk (10-0) at Cork 7f lst stks (1) gd in Aug.