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No	Form	Silk	Horse	A	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	SP
1 (5)	714647		Iron Major (IRE) 73	5	9-11	F M Berry	E Lynam	86	10/1
2 (2)	014-147		Solo Performer (IRE) 4	7	9-11 b	A P Thornton (3)	H Rogers	86	16/1
3 (12)	3-81418		Barrow Island (IRE) 32	5	9-10 p1	S Foley	M Halford	85	5/1
4 (8)	70504-0		Collingwood (IRE) 42	10	9-8 bt	R Dawson (7)	T M Walsh	83	8/1
5 (11)	096-449		Brown Butterfly 16	4	9-4	D M Sweeney (10)	K Prendergast	79	14/1
6 (7)	3-16		Muck 'N' brass (IRE) 33	3	9-4	C O'Donoghue	E Lynam	87	8/1
7 (6)	033080		Solent Ridge (IRE) 75	7	9-3	G J Phillips (7)	G M Lyons	78	16/1
8 (4)	388		Arbitrageur (IRE) 17	3	9-2	J A Heffernan	D Kinsella	85	14/1
9 (1)	6-90074		Strait Of Zanzibar (USA) 31	3	9-2 p	J P O'Brien	K J Condon	85	16/1
10 (9)	5332-1		Van Rooney (USA) 62	3	9-2 t	S A Gray (7)	T Stack	85	5/1
11 (13)	0-71		Coin Of Courage (IRE) 57	3	9-1	W M Lordan	T Stack	84	7/1
12 (3)	85-1432		Suehail 25	3	8-13	F Lynch	D Marnane	82	5/2
13 (10)	513-326		Crimson Sunrise (IRE) 25	3	8-9	L F Roche (5)	D K Weld	78	14/1
14 (14)	18-5334		Slim Chance (IRE) 51	3	8-9 t1	D P McDonogh	J G Coogan	78	12/1

Non runners
15	4-11545		Fairy Wing (IRE)	5	9-0	Mrs J Harrington	Reserve 1	75
16	7137		Badger Daly (IRE)	6	9-0	J Hagan	Reserve 2	75
17	113440		Cool Athlete (IRE)	6	8-11	D Marnane	Reserve 3	72

Verdict

Tommy Stack complicates matters with two in-form entries but it's VAN ROONEY who gets the vote with Shane Grey's claim swinging things his way. He was having just his fifth career start when beating the good yardstick Custom Cat at Killarney where he looked to have something in hand. His stablemate Coin Of Courage makes his debut on the surface after beating a big field at Navan in May and there's no reason why he shouldn't be suited. Suehail won over 7f here in March and has been in fine form subsequently so she has to be a threat off what looks a fair mark while C&D winner Muck 'N' Brass was having his first start since January when running reasonably well over a trip too short at Fairyhouse a month ago and can do better. Slim Chance is proving consistent and may do best of the remainder.

Formwatch

Iron Major (IRE) 14-1 (9-9) Held up towards rear, ridden 2f out, no impression in 8th 1f out, kept on one pace, 7th of 10, 4l behind Akasaka (9-9) at Dundalk 1m 3f Handicap (60-90) (4yo+) pol in May.

Solo Performer (IRE) 12-1 (9-1) Keen hold, held up well off pace in rear, some headway under 4f out, no impression and kept on same pace from over 2f out, 7th of 10, 22l behind Steps To Freedom (10-3) at Dundalk 2m hcp pol.

Barrow Island (IRE) 15-2 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden in 3rd entering straight, soon weakened, 8th of 11, 13l behind Strandfield Lady (8-5) at Leopardstown 1m 2f hcp sft in Jun.

Collingwood (IRE) 14-1 (9-5) Rear of mid-division on inner, never a factor, 10th of 14, 8l behind Bold Thady Quill (8-7) at Naas 7f hcp gf in Jun.

Brown Butterfly 11-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, ridden and no extra over 2f out, weakened, 9th of 14, 23l behind Bold Thady Quill (8-9) at Curragh 1m hcp sft in Jun.

Muck 'N' brass (IRE) 15-2 (9-4) Settled behind leaders, 5th halfway, ridden 2f out, soon no extra, 6th of 7, 11l behind Elusive Ridge (10-0) at Fairyhouse 7f stks sft in Jun.

Solent Ridge (IRE) 28-1 (9-11) Chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden in 7th 2f out, no extra over 1f out, 11th of 14, 8l behind Six Silver Lane (9-10) at Dundalk 1m hcp 50-80 pol in May.

Arbitrageur (IRE) 14-1 (9-5) Towards rear for most, never a factor, 8th of 11, 18l behind Warwick Avenue (9-5) at Curragh 1m 2f mdn stks sft in Jun.

Strait Of Zanzibar (USA) 2-1fav (9-12) Held up in 5th, ridden 2f out, no impression in moderate 4th 1f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 6, 10l behind Top Man Michael (9-2) at Navan 1m 2f 3yo clm sft in Jun.

Van Rooney (USA) 9-4fav (9-5) Waited with towards rear, 6th travelling well on outer under 3f out, 4th 2f out, ridden in moderate 3rd over 1f out, 2nd and stayed on well inside final furlong to lead near line, won at Killarney 1m 3yo mdn aut gs in May beating Custom Cut (9-0) by nk, 8 ran.

Coin Of Courage (IRE) 20-1 (9-5) Led after 1f, ridden over 1f out, kept on well under pressure final furlong, all out close home, won at Navan 1m mdn stks gd in May beating Qasser (9-5) by nk, 18 ran.

Suehail 9-2 (9-9) Tracked leaders, 2nd halfway, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong and no impression on winner closing stages, 2nd of 6, 1/2l behind One Fine Day (9-11) at Leopardstown 1m 3yo hcp 60-90 sft in Jun.

Crimson Sunrise (IRE) 7-1 (9-2) Broke well and settled back in 4th, ridden early straight and no extra from 1f out, last of 6, 6l behind One Fine Day (9-11) at Leopardstown 1m 3yo hcp 60-90 sft in Jun.

Slim Chance (IRE) 14-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, 6th halfway, no impression from over 1f out, kept on one pace into 5th final furlong, placed 4th, 4th of 10, 5l behind Aquilonius (9-2) at Curragh 1m 3yo hcp 60-90 gd in May.

Fairy Wing (IRE) 6-1 (8-10) Led or disputed lead racing very keenly, strongly pressed from 2f out, headed 1f out and soon no extra, 5th of 14, 5l behind Bold Thady Quill (8-7) at Naas 7f hcp gf in Jun.

Badger Daly (IRE) 10-1 (9-2) Mid-division, 7th on outer halfway, headway into 3rd approaching straight, ridden 2f out and dropped to 6th over 1f out, no extra, 7th of 10, 8l behind Pivot Bridge (8-12) at Leopardstown 1m 2f hcp hvy in Jun.

Cool Athlete (IRE) 7-1 (9-1) Towards rear, never a factor, kept on same pace in straight, 10th of 13, 4 1/2l behind Prince Jock (9-9) at Wexford 1m app hcp 50-80 in May.

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