| Course: ROSCOMMON | Race date:08/06/08 | Race time:3:55 | Runners:12 |
| Race distance:1m4f | Going:Good | Winners time:2m 37.50s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ragged Staff | F M Berry | P A Fahy | 10 | 8-10 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 3/1J | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | |
| Strike An Ark | M C Hussey | Alan Fleming | 13 | 8-4 | 7 | 0 | 74 | 12/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | 1½ |
| Phantom Lad | W J Supple | Mrs John Harrington | 9 | 8-4 | 5 | 0 | 74 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | 3½ |
| Head Of The River | M J Kinane | Daniel Mark Loughnane | 5 | 9-0 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 9/2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | dht |
| Definate Spectacle | N P Madden | Noel Meade | 2 | 9-3 | 8 | 0 | 87 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | ½ |
| Cloone River | W M Lordan | C F Swan | 12 | 8-5 | 12 | 0 | 75 | 14/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 | 1 |
| Kalderon | D J Casey | T Hogan | 8 | 9-12 | 8 | 0 | 96 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7 | ¾ |
| Grantsville | Amy Kathleen Parsons | T G McCourt | 11 | 7-12 | 6 | 0 | 75 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 8 | 1½ |
| Houston Dynimo | D P McDonogh | Kevin Prendergast | 7 | 8-10 | 3 | 0 | 95 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9 | nk |
| Athlumney Lad | E J McNamara | Noel Meade | 1 | 8-7 | 9 | 0 | 84 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10 | 2 |
| Unwritten Rule | P J Smullen | D K Weld | 6 | 9-3 | 3 | 0 | 102 | 3/1J | NA | NA | NA | NA | 11 | 1¼ |
| Erra Go On | J P Fahy | G T Lynch | 4 | 7-11 | 7 | 0 | 74 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 12 | 4 |
Ragged Staff tracked leaders, 4th halfway, 3rd approaching straight, 2nd and travelling well over 1f out, led 150yds from home, kept on
Strike An Ark slowly away and held up towards rear, progress approaching straight, 6th on outer 1f out, stayed on well to go 2nd close home
Phantom Lad chased leaders, 7th halfway, 5th approaching straight, stayed on to go 3rd close home
Head Of The River tracked leaders, 2nd halfway, ridden approaching straight, led 1f out, headed and dropped to 4th 150yds from home
Definate Spectacle tracked leaders, 5th halfway, 6th approaching straight, 4th 2f out, kept on same pace close home
Cloone River mid-division, 10th halfway, progress entering straight, kept on without threatening from 1f out
Kalderon led, strongly pressed and headed over 1f out, no extra close home
Grantsville in rear of mid-division, 8th halfway, 7th approaching straight, no impression from 2f out
Houston Dynimo mid-division, 9th halfway, ridden and no impression approaching straight
Athlumney Lad always towards rear
Unwritten Rule chased leaders, 6th halfway, no extra approaching straight
Erra Go On tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, 4th approaching straight, ridden along and no extra from 1 1/2f out
Having won at the course last month before finishing second at the Curragh, the winner did the job in impressive fashion here after travelling well for most of this contest under Fran Berry.
Having raced in third position for the majority of proceedings, Ragged Staff was still full of running well into the straight and after asserting clear over 1f out, he held off the late charge of Strike An Ark comfortably.
With his latest three promising efforts all having come on fast ground, Ragged Staff clearly has preference for the summer ground and he could get similar conditions if lining up in the Ulster Harps Derby later this month before a possible tilt at one of the big 1m4f handicaps at the Galway Festival.
While the winner clearly won this on merit, the unlucky horse of the race was undoubtedly therunner-up Strike An Ark, who lost at least four lengths out of the stalls before staying on well late on.
Phantom Lad raced mid-division and was going well after turning into the straight. However, he appeared to get tapped for toe initially when the tempo increased before staying on again in the closing stages.
Definite Spectacle was given a patient ride from Niall Madden and looked a chief danger to the principals when moving into contention on the outside 2f out but was once-paced from there onwards. Noel Meade's charge dead-heated for fourth place with Head Of The River, who was always prominent and led the field into the straight but faded off soon after.
Unwritten Rule never got into contention having raced mid-division and was under pressure before turning into the straight. This was a disappointing effort compared to his first two starts this season.[RC]
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