chased leader in 2nd under keen hold, improved to challenge from 2f out and soon pushed along to lead, ridden and strongly pressed inside final furlong, headed close home
mid-division and keen in 5th from halfway, ridden on outer under 2f out, no impression inside final furlong and kept on into 4th close home
mid-division and 4th from halfway, pushed along and improved into 3rd from 2f out, ridden to challenge in 2nd from 1f out and kept on best to lead close home
briefly pushed along from stalls, settled in mid-division and 6th from halfway, pushed along and ridden from 2f out, no impression when slightly short of room inside final furlong
towards rear and 7th from halfway, pushed along between horses from 2f out, no impression and kept on same pace from 1f out
led, pushed along from 2f out, soon ridden and headed, no extra inside final furlong and dropped to 5th close home
chased leaders on inner in 3rd, pushed along from 2f out and soon dropped to 4th, ridden and no impression on principals inside final furlong, kept on again into 3rd close home
Damselfly, runner-up in a fillies' Listed contest at Naas on Sunday, was engaged in a similar race at Dundalk last night. Her stable companion King's Field is progressing fast though only scrambled home in a Dundalk handicap last time. Flight Risk and SMASH WILLIAMS represent Jim Bolger and though the former, who was fifth in this last year, ran a superb race over 1m2f here last time, Kevin Manning has picked the latter, who hasn't won since his two-year-old days. He's been running consistently well at this sort of level and had Imaging behind in a Tipperary Group 3 earlier this month when Psychedelic Funk, who had won his previous two races in Group 3 company, was obviously out of sorts.
Imaging 11-4fav (9-3) Raced in 6th early, soon 7th, effort on outer straight, kept on without threatening inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 2 1/2l behind Yulong Gold Fairy (9-0) at Tipperary 7f Grp 3 stks (1) sft in Oct.
Fas (IRE) 20-1 (9-5) Waited with, soon in rear, headway and effort from over 1f out, kept on well without reaching principals inside final furlong, 5th of 14, 3/4l behind Medicine Jack (9-5) at Navan 6f lst stks (1) Yielding in Oct.
Flight Risk (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Rear, ran freely and closed before halfway, 2nd halfway, ridden to lead narrowly over 1f out, headed under 1f out, kept on, not match winner closing stages, 2nd of 7, 1/2l behind Flavius (9-3) at Leopardstown 1m 2f lst stks (1) Good - Yielding in Oct.
Smash Williams (IRE) 11-2 (9-5) Prominent, 4th approaching halfway, led under 2f out, kept on well final furlong, headed close home, 3rd and bumped near finish, 3rd of 14, nk behind Medicine Jack (9-5) at Navan 6f lst stks (1) Yielding in Oct.
King's Field (IRE) 4-1 (9-6) Chased leaders, pushed along in 4th 2f out, ridden in 2nd 1f out, headway inside final furlong, stayed on well to lead close home, won at Dundalk 7f hcp pol in Oct beating Admirality (9-4) by nk, 11 ran.
Excelling Spirit (IRE) 6-1 (9-7) Tracked leader of far side group, 4th overall halfway, ridden over 1f out, weakened final 150 yards, 9th of 10, 7 1/2l behind St Brelades Bay (9-11) at Curragh 6f hcp gf in Aug.
Julia's Magic (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, 6th approaching halfway, lost place and no impression over 1f out, soon no extra, 13th of 14, 14 1/4l behind Medicine Jack (9-5) at Navan 6f lst stks (1) Yielding in Oct.
True To Herself (IRE) 4-1 (9-9) Soon raced in 6th, pushed along to go 2nd under 2f out, stayed on well final furlong to lead at finish, won at Gowran Park 7f hcp gf in Sep beating Karannelle (8-10) by shd, 12 ran.
Psychedelic Funk 9-2 (9-8) Raced in 3rd early, chased leaders, effort on outer straight, no extra from 1 1/2f out, last of 9, 20 1/2l behind Yulong Gold Fairy (9-0) at Tipperary 7f Grp 3 stks (1) sft in Oct.
North Face (IRE) 11-4 (9-3) Mid-division, progress to 3rd halfway, 4th 2f out, dropped to 5th and ridden 1 1/2f out, no impression final furlong, lost 5th close home, 6th of 7, 6 1/4l behind Flavius (9-3) at Leopardstown 1m 2f lst stks (1) Good - Yielding in Oct.
Damselfly (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Towards rear, some headway on inner in straight, not clear run 2f out, switched right and ridden in 6th 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong to go 2nd close home, 2nd of 14, 3/4l behind Sarrocchi (9-0) at Naas 1m lst fll stks (1) Good - Yielding in Oct.
