| Course: LISTOWEL | Race date:01/06/08 | Race time:3:45 | Runners:13 |
| Race distance:1m | Going:Firm | Winners time:1m 42.00s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murrisk | R P Cleary | Eamon Tyrrell | 8 | 9-5 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 7/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | |
| Napa Starr | P Townend | C Byrnes | 12 | 9-4 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 5/2F | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | shd |
| King Royal | D M Grant | Patrick J Flynn | 5 | 8-11 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | 1½ |
| Alliance | W M Lordan | David Wachman | 11 | 9-5 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 8/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | shd |
| Crimson Rose | M Harley | John Joseph Hanlon | 9 | 7-11 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | 3½ |
| Shrone | D C Byrne | L Young | 10 | 8-12 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 7/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 | nk |
| Vintage Barolo | J A Heffernan | Ms F M Crowley | 13 | 9-12 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 9/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7 | 2 |
| The Good Shepherd | C O´Donoghue | John Joseph Murphy | 1 | 9-5 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 8 | 1¾ |
| Scalded Cat | W J Lee | Daniel William O´Sullivan | 6 | 9-10 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 7/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9 | ¾ |
| Kleinova | C D Hayes | Andrew Lee | 7 | 9-8 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 14/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10 | 2½ |
| Winter Footprints | K T Maher | William Hayes | 4 | 9-4 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 33/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 11 | 5½ |
| Anamundi | F M Berry | T Hogan | 3 | 9-13 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 11/2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 12 | ½ |
| Balisto Gal | D P McDonogh | Ms Joanna Morgan | 2 | 9-2 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 12/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 13 | 13 |
Murrisk soon led, strongly pressed and stayed on well final furlong, all out
Napa Starr soon tracked leader in 2nd, took keen hold, travelling well 2f out, challenged under pressure final furlong, kept on well, just failed
King Royal mid-division on inner, moderate 6th 2f out, soon no impression under pressure on outer until ran on strongly final furlong
Alliance mid-division, closer in 5th approaching straight, moderate 4th 2f out, no impression under pressure and kept on inside final furlong
Crimson Rose tracked leaders, 3rd approaching straight, soon no impression under pressure and kept on same pace
Shrone mid-division, 6th approaching straight, moderate 7th 2f out, soon no impression under pressure, kept on same pace
Vintage Barolo chased leaders, 5th for much, no impression under pressure from under 2f out
The Good Shepherd towards rear, no impression under pressure and kept on same pace straight
Scalded Cat chased leaders, 7th approaching straight, soon no impression under pressure
Kleinova in rear of mid-division, no impression under pressure straight, eased from 1f out
Winter Footprints towards rear, no impression under pressure straight
Anamundi towards rear, no impression under pressure straight, eased from 1f out
Balisto Gal prominent, lost place approaching straight, soon towards rear and eased
The gamble was foiled on runner-up Napa Starr. He was very keen early on and they patently failed to go quickly enough for him. He still was travelling very strongly in the straight but didn't pick up in the style he threatened to. His early exertions didn't do him any good, and on this bare evidence he wouldn't be inconvenienced by a drop back in trip, even to six furlongs.
King Royal went close enough to giving the yard a double in both divisions of this race, and looks potentially well-handicapped. Held up and travelling strongly on the inside early, he was pulled out to try and close early in the straight. He just appeared to lug in behind Aliance briefly, but ran onwell when finding his stride. He closed all the way to the line and has enough ability to win a race or two.
Crimson Rose tracked the leaders early but was struggling to go with the leaders turning in, eventually just keeping on at one pace. [JOH]
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