held up in 6th, ridden 3f out, progress approaching straight, 2nd and kept on inside final furlong
led, joined halfway, ridden and headed 2f out, soon no extra
held up in rear, raced wide back straight, ridden and no impression from 3f out
tracked leaders in 3rd, improved to challenge 2f out, led entering straight, clear inside final furlong, comfortably
held up, 6th 3f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace from 2f out
close up, disputed lead halfway, narrow advantage 2f out, headed entering straight, soon no extra
mostly 4th, ridden from under 3f out, kept on final furlong
Flavia Tatiana has only won on Polytrack and her recent form on Turf is very poor while Dream Applause lost her maiden tag over 6f at Leopardstown so it's difficult to see why she's racing over an extra 3f here. Maude Adams won a 7f Galway maiden but was beaten a long way when stepped up to this trip in a Leopardstown handicap. Jpevie had been showing plenty of promise before gaining an easy victory in a claimer at Bellewstown and that should have boosted his confidence enough to produce a big effort here. Shifting had shown little in her early starts which is why she started 25/1 for a Gowran maiden last week but she defied the odds to beat the odds-on Power To Please. She would be a threat if able to repeat but the safest option looks to be PHANGIO, who looked one to follow when beaten a short-head by Mudaffar over the C&D a couple of weeks ago.
Curl Cat (USA) 12-1 (8-10) Held up towards rear, headway into 4th 5f out, ridden 3f out, no extra over 2f out, weakened and tailed off, last of 7, 47l behind Top Man Michael (8-0) at Galway 1m 4f hcp 50-80 sft.
Dream Applause (IRE) 12-1 (8-11) Made most, ridden 2f out, joined and strongly pressed 1f out, stayed on to narrowly regain lead near line, won at Leopardstown 6f fll mdn stks gs beating Via Ballycroy (9-0) by shd, 12 ran.
Flavia Tatiana (IRE) 14-1 (9-4) Always behind, under pressure from 3f out, 11th of 13, 11l behind Zariyna (8-13) at Leopardstown 1m 1f fll hcp gs.
Jpevie (IRE) 3-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, 4th 3f out, ridden to lead 1 1/2f out, stayed on well final furlong, comfortably, won at Bellewstown 1m 3yo mdn clm sft beating Montrel (9-0) by 3 1/2l, 9 ran.
Maude Adams (IRE) 9-1 (9-6) Chased leaders, weakened from 3f out, eased final furlong, 20th of 22, 20l behind Stuccodor (9-4) at Leopardstown 1m 1f stks gs.
Phangio (USA) 8-1 (9-2) Held up behind leaders, 6th halfway, headway into 3rd 3f out, ridden 2f out, 2nd 1f out, kept on well final furlong, just failed, 2nd of 9, shd behind Mudaffar (9-5) at Ballinrobe 1m 1f 3yo mdn.
Shifting (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) Waited with, headway on inner straight, 3rd from 2f out, in front over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Gowran Park 1m 1f 3yo fll stks gs beating Power To Please (9-0) by 1 1/4l, 9 ran.
