held up in rear, headway into moderate 3rd 3f out, ridden in 2nd 2f out, stayed on to lead 1f out, headed final 100 yards, no extra
led, headed halfway, moderate 4th 3f out, ridden 2f out, closer in 3rd 1f out, stayed on to lead final 100 yards, headed close home
held up behind leaders, 6th halfway, ridden and no impression over 2f out, kept on one pace
held up behind leaders, 5th halfway, ridden and no extra over 3f out, weakened and tailed off
chased leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden in 5th 3f out, no impression and kept on one pace
chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden into moderate 2nd 3f out, closer in 3rd 1 1/2f out, 4th 1f out, stayed on to challenge inside final furlong and led close home
chased leader in 2nd, led halfway, clear over 4f out, ridden and reduced advantage 1 1/2f out, headed 1f out, no extra final furlong
CIRCUMSTANCES scored over 1m3f at Dundalk and was only caught close home over slightly shorter at Down Royal. She's a tough filly who looks capable of winning from higher marks than this so gets the nod. Hail ran his best race to date over this C&D last month when the faster ground was a help. He should go well again here though he's becoming expensive to follow. Buy Back Bob has been racing in much better class and has to be of interest despite a huge weight while Much Acclaimed was in tremendous form at this time a year ago though he hasn't run since a moderate effort over hurdles in April. None of the remaining quartet can be discounted in an open handicap.
Buy Back Bob (IRE) 11-2 (11-10) Prominent, 3rd 3f out, soon ridden and no impression, 7th of 19, 12l behind Midnight Music (11-1) at Galway 2m am hcp 70-100 gd in Jul.
Much Acclaimed (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Held up in rear of mid-division, some headway into 9th entering straight, under pressure in 6th 1f out, kept on one pace but no chance with easy winner, 6th of 19, 9l behind Minsk (8-9) at Curragh 2m hcp sft in Oct.
Jacksonslady (IRE) 5-1 (9-5) Waited with in rear of mid-division, headway into moderate 4th into straight, soon no impression under pressure in 3rd, kept on without threatening, 3rd of 13, 6l behind Rebel Fitz (9-10) at Clonmel 2m mdn stks sft in May.
King of The Picts (IRE) 12-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, ridden in 5th 2f out, no extra, 4th of 20, 3l behind Something Graceful (9-0) at Leopardstown 1m 2f mdn stks gs.
Circumstances (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, 4th halfway, headway to challenge 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden and headed 1 1/2f out, stayed on to lead again 1f out, kept on final furlong, headed last strides, 2nd of 9, hd behind Jimtown (9-11) at Down Royal 1m 2f 3yo hcp gs in Jul.
Silver Shuffle (IRE) 7-1 (9-1) Held up towards rear, ridden in 6th 2f out, no impression in 4th 1f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 7, 13l behind Top Man Michael (8-0) at Galway 1m 4f hcp 50-80 sft.
