| Course: DUNDALK | Race date:17/04/08 | Race time:7:40 | Runners:10 |
| Race distance:7f | Going:Standard | Winners time:1m 27.78s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanoverian Baron | M J Kinane | John M Oxx | 5 | 9-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4/7F | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | |
| Nice Style | K Latham | G M Lyons | 6 | 9-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | 4 |
| Timoca | C D Hayes | Edward Lynam | 3 | 9-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | ¾ |
| I Confess | D P McDonogh | Kevin Prendergast | 2 | 9-5 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 6/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | 1 |
| Alaneed | P J Smullen | D K Weld | 8 | 9-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | 3 |
| Blue Turk | E J McNamara | G M Lyons | 9 | 8-12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 | ¾ |
| Ros Cuire | W J Lee | W A Murphy | 4 | 9-5 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 25/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7 | ½ |
| Insomnitas | J A Heffernan | Daniel Mark Loughnane | 10 | 9-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 8 | nk |
| Dawn Eclipse | F M Berry | Patrick Martin | 1 | 9-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9 | nk |
| Isle De France | W J Supple | Edward Lynam | 7 | 9-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10 | 1¾ |
Hanoverian Baron soon led, ridden clear over 1 1/2f out, stayed on strongly, easily
Nice Style mid-division, ridden in 7th 2f out, stayed on to 5th 1f out, ran on well final furlong
Timoca dwelt, towards rear, headway to 6th 1f out, ran on strongly final furlong
I Confess chased leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden into 2nd under 2f out, no impression on leader, kept on same pace
Alaneed mid-division, 7th halfway, headway to 4th 2f out, soon ridden and no extra, kept on same pace
Blue Turk chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden in 5th 2f out, soon no extra
Ros Cuire always towards rear
Insomnitas chased leaders, 2nd halfway, ridden and no extra under 2f out, kept on same pace, weakened final furlong
Dawn Eclipse tracked leaders, 5th halfway, ridden in 6th 2f out, weakened from 1 1/2f out
Isle De France slowly into stride and always towards rear
Making virtually all, he was clear over a furlong and a half out and was ridden out more or less all the way to the line. The colt holds entries in the Irish 2,000 Guineas and the Epsom Derby, and while you wouldn’t get carried away with this effort, he possesses above-average ability at least andshould improve.
Runner-up Nice Style showed a fair bit of ability on his Curragh debut, but whether this effort matched that is open to question. Settled off the pace, he began to run on a furlong and a half out but by that stage the winner had flown and all he could do was stay on for second place. He probably wasn’t good enough on the night anyway, but he should be good enough to win a maiden.
I Confess was up with the pace most of the way on the inside and was in a good position from which to challenge early in the straight but could make no impression from a furlong out. He’s not at all certain to win a race given his record of last season but has enough ability.
Alaneed was restrained early but made ground on the outside early in the straight before being ridden over two furlongs out and was soon beaten.
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