| Course: CURRAGH | Race date:25/05/08 | Race time:2:30 | Runners:11 |
| Race distance:6f | Going:Firm | Winners time:1m 13.70s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intense Focus | K J Manning | J S Bolger | 6 | 9-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5/2F | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | |
| Westphalia | J Murtagh | A P O´Brien | 13 | 9-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7/2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | nk |
| Sugar Free | W M Lordan | T Stack | 5 | 8-12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9/2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | 1¾ |
| Navajo | J A Heffernan | A P O´Brien | 7 | 9-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | 1¼ |
| Lista Lightning | D P McDonogh | Kevin Prendergast | 10 | 9-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | 3½ |
| Moving Ice | F M Berry | J G Burns | 12 | 8-12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 | ½ |
| Maggie The Cat | D J Moran | Joseph G Murphy | 2 | 8-9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7 | 1½ |
| Lord Kenmare | R P Cleary | M Halford | 1 | 9-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 8 | nk |
| Liberty To Rock | C D Hayes | J T Gorman | 11 | 9-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9 | 5½ |
| Thandi | D M Grant | Noel Lawlor | 8 | 8-12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10 | 4½ |
| Daggers Bond | P J Smullen | Aidan Anthony Howard | 3 | 9-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11/2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 11 | 1½ |
Intense Focus led, headed after 2f, close 3rd halfway, led again over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well final furlong
Westphalia held up, headway 1 1/2f out, 4th 1f out, kept on well final furlong, not reach winner
Sugar Free mid-division, 9th halfway, headway in 8th when short of room over 1f out, kept on well final furlong
Navajo chased leaders, 5th halfway, ridden into 2nd over 1f out, no extra final furlong, kept on same pace
Lista Lightning chased leaders on outer, 7th halfway, closer in 5th over 2f out, soon went 2nd, ridden in 3rd 1f out, no extra final furlong
Moving Ice towards rear, ridden into 6th 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
Maggie The Cat chased leaders, 6th halfway, ridden in 7th over 1f out where slightly hampered, soon no extra and kept on one pace
Lord Kenmare prominent, 2nd halfway, ridden in 3rd 2f out, no extra in 5th over 1f out, soon weakened
Liberty To Rock always towards rear
Thandi chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden and weakened 2f out
Daggers Bond prominent, led after 2f, ridden in 2nd 2f out, soon no extra and weakened, hampered over 1f out
Riding arrangements signalled that Westphalia was the best of the Ballydoyle runners and that proved to be the case with Johnny Murtagh's mount coming off the pace to chase home the winner after being settled in mid-division early on. He showed a goodturn of foot to move into second position at the 1f marker and while he was gaining on Intense Focus all the time, the winner appeared to pick up again once challenged by Westphalia. This was also a good display from the runner-up.
Navajo, who had finished fifth on his first start at Naas 11 days earlier, raced just behind the leaders during the first half of the race and while stalking the front-runners up to the 2f marker, was one-paced from there onwards.
Fifth-placed Lista Lightning raced with credit despite never looking like troubling the principals here. [RC]
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