| Course: CURRAGH | Race date:28/06/08 | Race time:4:15 | Runners:13 |
| Race distance:1m2f | Going:Yielding | Winners time:2m 8.80s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Of Westphalia | J Murtagh | A P O´Brien | 5 | 9-1 | 3 | 0 | 84 | 4/1J | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | |
| Angels Story | K J Manning | J S Bolger | 11 | 9-7 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 6/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | 1 |
| Ballygologue | W M Lordan | T Stack | 9 | 8-11 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 4/1J | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | nk |
| Lunduv | P J Smullen | D K Weld | 14 | 9-7 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 6/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | 2½ |
| Void Moon | D M Grant | Patrick J Flynn | 10 | 8-4 | 3 | 0 | 73 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | 4 |
| Choir Singer | J P Fahy | Eoin Griffin | 7 | 7-11 | 3 | 0 | 73 | 16/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 | 2 |
| Coffee Tea Or Me | D E Mullins | W P Mullins | 6 | 7-11 | 3 | 0 | 73 | 8/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7 | 1 |
| Houston Dynimo | D P McDonogh | Kevin Prendergast | 8 | 9-10 | 3 | 0 | 93 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 8 | 1¾ |
| Jebel Musa | R P Cleary | M Halford | 1 | 8-5 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9 | ¾ |
| Burning Sky | F M Berry | Charles O´Brien | 12 | 9-2 | 3 | 0 | 85 | 14/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10 | hd |
| Mid Mon Lady | M Harley | H Rogers | 4 | 8-2 | 3 | 0 | 78 | 25/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 11 | 1¼ |
| Lidana | M J Kinane | John M Oxx | 3 | 8-13 | 3 | 0 | 82 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 12 | 13 |
| All About Timing | C D Hayes | J T Gorman | 13 | 8-4 | 3 | 0 | 73 | 16/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 13 | 8 |
King Of Westphalia prominent throughout, challenged in 2nd from over 1f out, led and stayed on well under pressure inside final furlong
Angels Story always prominent, ridden to challenge and lead under 2f out, soon strongly pressed, headed inside final furlong, kept on
Ballygologue chased leaders in 6th, closer in 4th straight, no impression under pressure in 3rd from 1f out until ran on well close home
Lunduv prominent until short of room early and lost place, went 5th straight, no impression under pressure and kept on same pace from over 1f out
Void Moon led early, soon tracked leader in 2nd, led again over 3f out, strongly pressed and headed under 2f out, soon no impression
Choir Singer mid-division, 7th for much, 6th under 3f out, no impression under pressure and kept on same pace from under 2f out
Coffee Tea Or Me towards rear, kept on without threatening under pressure straight
Houston Dynimo towards rear, ridden from before straight, soon no impression
Jebel Musa chased leaders in 5th, lost place from under 3f out, soon no impression under pressure
Burning Sky towards rear, no impression under pressure straight
Mid Mon Lady dwelt, never better than mid-division, no impression under pressure straight
Lidana took keen hold and soon led, headed over 3f out, soon no extra and eased from 2f out
All About Timing soon in rear of mid-division, no impression under pressure straight, eased from under 2f out
A half-brother to the day's maiden winner earlier on the card, Westphalia, the winner had yet to taste victory in any of his previous seven starts but he always looked like playing a big role here having raced prominently for Johnny Murtagh.Positioned in fourth turning into the straight, the son of Kingmambo made his move over 2f out and having hit the front inside the final furlong, he was gradually moving clear of his opposition inside the closing stages. Despite this success, the winner is likely to be campaigned in similar company for the short-term future and he would have no difficulty in stepping up to 1m4f based on this performance.
Angels Story came here on the back of a win at Down Royal six days earlier and having raced prominently from the outset, she took up the running into the straight and still led 2f out. However, the challenge from the winner was soon to come and despite not going down without a fight, she always looked like coming out second best.
Lunduv had won on his previous start at Leopardstown but he appeared most unlucky having been hampered in the early stages and losing considerable ground. He did manage to get back into the race and came with a challenge on the outside inside the final 3f and appeared always to be closing on the leaders.
Void Moon was another of the prominent runners to have a say here after he had initially made the running before allowing Lidana to take up the pace. He kept on at one pace when overhauled inside the final 2f, while best of the remainder was the staying-on Choir Singer, who like the winner, wouldn't be inconvenienced by a step up in trip.[RC]
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