led, ridden 3f out, strongly pressed and joined 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
chased leaders in 3rd, improved into 2nd 2 1/2f out, disputed lead 2f out, soon ridden, led over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, comfortably
chased leader and took keen hold, close 2nd 3f out, ridden and dropped to 3rd 2 1/2f out, soon no impression on leaders, dropped to last over 1f out, eased final furlong
held up in touch in last, pushed along in last over 2f out, ridden and went moderate 3rd over 1f out, kept on one paced
Bantry Bay won a maiden at the Curragh in May then got no sort of run behind stablemate Aloft in the Queen's Vase. He disappointed when dropped back to this trip at Roscommon last month and will need to do better. CHAPTER SEVEN hasn't won since York in 2012 but has been competing at a high level and been placed several times including at Group 3 level. It's about time he was winning again and this looks a good opportunity. Manalapan was in good form last summer though hasn't been seen since beating two rivals at Down Royal over a year ago and Time For Action has an even longer absence to overcome having finished last on his hurdling debut in April of last year. Altruistic, third behind Kingston Hill in the 2013 Racing Post Trophy, has had very little racing subsequently and shown nothing.
Altruistic (IRE) 9-1 (9-6) Led, pressed from 5f out, ridden and headed 2 1/2f out, no extra in 4th 2f out, 4th of 5, 20l behind Good Tradition (9-13) at Killarney 1m 6f stks sft in May.
Chapter Seven 7-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, 5th halfway, 4th 5f out, pushed along approaching straight and ridden in 3rd over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 4l behind Dark Crusader (9-0) at Galway 1m 6f stks sft in Jul.
Manalapan (IRE) 4-5fav (9-9) Made all, ridden under 2f out and kept on well inside final furlong, comfortably, won at Down Royal 1m 5f stks gf in Jul '14 beating El Salvador (10-0) by 2 1/2l, 3 ran.
Time For Action (IRE) 15-2 (9-8) Mid-division, ridden in 10th 2f out, 8th 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 7th of 30, 4 1/2l behind Montefeltro (9-4) at Curragh 2m hcp gd in Oct '13.
Bantry Bay (IRE) 7-4fav (8-12) Mid-division, ridden in 6th 2f out, no impression final furlong, never a factor, 7th of 10, 12l behind Panama Hat (9-11) at Roscommon 1m 4f Listed stks (1) gd in Jul.
