Espartano held up, headway in 9th over 1f out, ran on well final furlong to lead close home

Numen chased leader, 2nd halfway, improved to narrow lead under 2f out, soon ridden, kept on well final furlong, headed close home

Sinsational chased leaders, 6th halfway, 7th 2f out, ridden into 4th 1f out, kept on well final furlong

Show Blessed chased leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden into 2nd 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong

Maddie´s Pearl towards rear, headway wide in 10th 1f out, kept on final furlong

Newparks Doughter in rear of mid-division, headway to 8th halfway, improved to 5th 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace

Mystic Mayfly towards rear, 13th over 1f out, kept on final furlong

Chasing Clouds chased leaders, 5th halfway, ridden in 6th 2f out, no extra over 1f out

Sativa mid-division, 10th halfway, ridden entering straight, kept on same pace

Atacanta led, ridden and narrowly headed under 2f out, no extra in 3rd 1f out, soon weakened

Lady Bracknell mid-division, 9th halfway, ridden in 8th over 1f out, no extra

The Best Dub chased leaders, 7th halfway, ridden and weakened entering straight

Andalucia Lady slowly into stride, always towards rear

Mineral Star chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden in 4th 2f out, soon no extra and weakened

Anois Direach soon ridden to mid-division, no extra halfway and weakened, tailed off

The pattern of horses challenging on the wide outside to score on the night continued with ESPARTANO. The former highly rated two-year-old was held up well off the pace before making his challenge widest of all and running on strongly inside the final furlong to get up close home.

This horse has done pretty well since joining Tom Hogan without winning until now, is very well handicapped on his best form and can continue to progress.

The opinion that horses racing up the inside rail, the wateredpart of the track, couldn't win was almost shattered by joint-top-weight Numen. Chasing the free-running leader for most of the way, he went to the front well over a furlong out and kept pulling out more before being tagged close home by the winner.

A horse good enough to beat Finsceal Beo as a juvenile, Numen has plummeted down the ratings since and this was his best run for a very long time. If able to return to something like his best, he is certainly handicapped to win a race or two.

Chasing the early pace, Show Blessed was close enough if good enough early in the straight but, not for the first time, was just found to be one-paced. The first three pulled away from him inside the finalfurlong.

Definite promise was shown by Maddie's Pearl. She was never close enough to challenge but ran in eyecatching fashion past beaten horses to be nearest at the finish.

Also very much catching the eye was the lightly raced Mystic Mayfly. Having her first run since last August, she was never involved but passed almost half the field inside the final furlong to be nearest at the finish. [JOH]

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