Rip Van Winkle tracked leaders, 6th halfway, headway and switched left under 2f out, 4th 1 1/2f out, improved when hampered 1f out, kept on well final furlong, just held, awarded race

Tomas An Tsioda tracked leader, ridden to lead 1f out and drifted left, kept on well, just held on, disqualified, placed 2nd

Drumbeat mid-division, 8th halfway, headway to 3rd 1 1/2f out, challenged 1f out, kept on, no extra close home

Tarrsille led, ridden and headed 1f out, no extra, kept on same pace

Born To Rock chased leaders, 5th halfway, ridden 2f out, soon slighty hampered, kept on same pace

Alyazwa chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden 2f out, soon slightly hampered, no extra in 6th 1 1/2f out, kept on same pace

Cape West towards rear, some late headway from over 1f out

Popspeed mid-division, 10th halfway, ridden in moderate 8th and no impression 2f out, kept on one pace

Barizan dwelt, towards rear, some late headway, never a factor

Ah Joe towards rear, some headway to moderate 10th 2f out, no impression

Force Of Habit mid-division, 9th halfway, no impression from over 2f out

Tarankali chased leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden 2f out, soon no extra and weakened

Man Of Iron always towards rear

Iron Duke always towards rear

Hawk Junior chased leaders, 7th halfway, ridden 3f out, soon weakened

A fairly dramatic start to the meeting as first-past-the-post Tomas An Tsioda was disqualified. He travelled well throughout, but once coming there to challenge a furlong and a half out, the horse proceeded to shift markedly to his left and collided with eventual third Drumbeat and badly squeezed out RIP VAN WINKLE. Once straightened up, Tomas An Tsioda ran on well all the way to the line but would have been caught in another half-stride as the Ballydoyle colt flew home once switched to the outside. Jim Bolger does have a very high opinion of Tomas An Tsioda, though, who he believes can only improve.

Rip Van Winkle was a very unlucky loser and deserved to get the race. A son of Galileo, he was very green indeed and had to manoeuvre off the rail to get a run before the race-changing incident a furlong and a half out. When getting daylight he ran around for a few strides before powering home inside the last half-furlong. He looks to be a juvenile of considerable ability and, with this experienceunder his belt, he could be capable of big things.

His stable companion, Montjeu colt Drumbeat, looks to have some potential as well, and appeared to be a bit more professional. He had a good position more or less throughout and did get a bump from the first past the post in the incident when his stablemate was squeezed up. It didn't make any difference to his finishing position, though, but he ran on well inside the last and should have little trouble in picking up a maiden.

Even with the experience of a run behind him, Born To Rock ran green enough and should improve a good bit. He received a bit of a bump when the eventual winner made his move off the rail and could not get any closer after that, plus he carried his head to one side.

Favourite Alyazwa tracked the early pace and was just being asked a question to get a bit closer when he was squeezed up by the eventual winner moving off the rail. He couldn't recover after that and wasn't hard-ridden subsequently. [JOH]

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