chased leaders, slight mistake 4th, no extra from 5 out, pulled up before 3 out
raced mainly in 2nd, ridden to challenge and on terms approaching 2 out, soon headed and no impression, left in lead from last, pressed and stayed on well under pressure, all out
waited with, progress to chase leaders in 5th approaching 3 out, soon no impression, left poor 4th from last
waited with towards rear, closer order from before 5 out, 4th approaching 3 out, moderate 3rd approaching 2 out where mistake, kept on same pace without threatening
tracked leaders, no extra 4 out, pulled up before 2 out
tracked leaders, dropped to moderate 4th approaching 2 out, fell last
soon mid-division, moderate 4th approaching 7th, no extra approaching 3 out
chased leaders, no impression approaching 3 out
soon led, joined approaching 2 out, soon asserted, clear last where slipped on landing and almost fell, soon headed, battled back and hampered, just failed
Lonesome Dove makes a swift reappearance after finishing third at Limerick last Thursday. She's short-list material if repeating that effort here while it would be no surprise to see a bold showing from Shellys Creek, who has been placed twice between the flags recently. Carrigeen Lechuga was prolific in point-to-points but she's been struggling to adapt to regulation fences and more interesting is SPECIAL TOKEN. She was just touched off over a slightly longer trip here last time, having looked home and hosed at the last. The seven-year-old deserves a change of luck and this appears less competitive.
Ballymac's Present (IRE) 16-1 (11-1) Mid-division, ridden into 10th 3 out, no impression and kept on one pace, 8th of 24, 20l behind Questions Answered (10-12) at Cork 2m 4f nov hcp hdl 80-95 hvy in Dec '09.
Belle Brook (IRE) 33-1 (11-7) Prominent, dropped to 7th 5 out, no extra 4 out, tailed off, 9th of 11, well behind Knockfierna (11-7) at Wexford 2m 3f beg chs sft in Nov.
Benefit Scheme (IRE) 25-1 (11-7) Chased leaders, 5th 3 out, no extra approaching next, 8th of 11, 50l behind Knockfierna (11-7) at Wexford 2m 3f beg chs sft in Nov.
Carrigeen Lechuga (IRE) 12-1 (10-12) Chased leaders, 6th halfway, ridden 3 out, no impression in 5th 2 out, kept on one pace, 6th of 15, 36l behind Start Me Up (11-12) at Navan 3m beg chase in Dec.
Deeshan (IRE) 50-1 (10-0) Always towards rear, tailed off when pulled up after 3 out, in a race won by Moskova (11-5) at Clonmel 2m 4f mares chs Grd 3 (1) hvy in Nov '09, 11 ran.
Lonesome Dove (IRE) 12-1 (11-0) Soon mid-division, not fluent 5 out, 5th approaching straight, struggling when slight mistake 2 out, ran on well without getting to 1st 2 run-in, 3rd of 8, 1 3/4l behind Askanna (11-2) at Limerick 2m 3f beg chs hvy in Dec.
Man Turk Lady (IRE) 28-1 (11-5) Mid-division, 9th halfway, weakened 4 out, tailed off, 7th of 11, well behind Al Dafa (11-0) at Downpatrick 2m 5f beg chs in Dec.
Shellys Creek (IRE) 5-2 (12-0) Pr & disp, rdn aftr 4out, no ans to wnr, ko, 2nd of 14, 8l behind Carrigeen Kariega (11-4) at Lisronagh 3m ire ptp hvy in Dec.
Special Token (IRE) 11-2 (11-2) Always prominent, 3rd halfway, led approaching 4 out, mistake 3 out, kept on under pressure from before last, no extra and headed final strides, 2nd of 12, hd behind Twelfth Of Never (11-0) at Cork 2m 5f beg chs hvy in Nov.
Bob West (IRE) 25-1 (10-11) Raced last of the 4, moderate 3rd and no impression approaching 3 out, dropped to poor 4th again near finish, last of 4, 36l behind Is Herself About (11-4) at Thurles 2m hdl hvy in Dec.
