J A Heffernan Horse Racing Form | Dundalk 17:30 21st December 2017

midfield, not much room and switched left 3f out, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, ridden well over 1f out, kept on final furlong

held up in touch, ridden well over 2f out, soon weakened

pressed leader at strong pace to 3f out, weakening when short of room 2f out, soon behind

in touch to 4f out, soon weakened, tailed off when virtually pulled up inside final furlong

led 1f, pressed leader to over 2f out, weakened rapidly, tailed off

quite tall; strong; lw; held up in touch, effort entering final 2f but not clearest of runs until gap opened and headway 1f out, chased clear leading pair just inside final furlong, no impression and lost 3rd last strides

compact; lw; steadied start, held up in last pair and gradually moving across to stands' rail, not clear run and switched right over 2f out, no impression over 1f out, switching left and kept on same pace inside final furlong

held up in touch in midfield, not clear run over 1f out, switching right but still nowhere to go entering final furlong, switched left and in the clear but 2 lengths down inside final furlong, ran on strongly well inside final furlong, just failed

compact; raced in centre, overall leader, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, weakened well inside final furlong, 3rd of 7 in group

chased leaders early, impeded soon after start and held up in midfield after, effort to chase leaders and ridden 2f out, unable to quicken entering final furlong, weakening when short of room well inside final furlong

pressed leader until ridden to lead and went right over 1f out, stayed on well and always holding runner-up inside final furlong

chased clear leader, closer over 5f out, disputed lead over 4f out, soon ridden, weakened over 2f out

midfield, ridden and headway over 1f out, weakened final furlong

led, pushed along 4f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, driven well over 1f out, kept on one pace

close up, led 5f out, ridden along and headed 3f out, soon weakened

dwelt, recovered to chase leader after 1f, lost 2nd and ridden 2f out, wandered right under pressure over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong

held up in touch in last quartet, closed into midfield when pushed left and hampered just over 2f out, trying to rally and switched right over 1f out, kept on but no impression inside final furlong

tracked leaders, ridden and lost place over 3f out, progress again over 2f out, chased clear leading pair over 1f out, stayed on

tracked leading quartet, effort to chase leaders 2f out, ridden to press leaders 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well

held up in touch in midfield, short of room, lost place and dropped to rear halfway, behind and hung right 2f out, no chance but plugged on to pass well beaten rivals final furlong

pushed along early, led on bend after 1f, soon hung badly left and raced very wide, headed after 2f, raced keenly, came over 1 mile out, disputed lead over 5f out, led narrowly over 4f out until 2f out, weakened over 1f out, soon eased

with leader, shaken up and outpaced by winner over 1f out, hung right under pressure and lost 2nd just inside final furlong, rallied to chase winner again 75yds out, kept on but no threat to winner

with leader until ridden over 2f out, outpaced over 1f out, weakened final furlong

raced far side, held up in midfield, effort and headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not pace of leaders, 4th of 12 in group

sweating, squeezed out start, midfield, ridden when pulled out and headway over 2f out, intimidated by rival over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, one pace near finish

led, ridden over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, kept on under pressure, stayed on same pace final 100yds

refused to settle when towards rear on outer, ridden over 2f out, eased when well beaten over 1f out

held up, ridden and switched right when headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, faded inside final furlong

midfield, 8th straight, soon ridden and closed to chase leaders 2f out, unable to quicken and edged right under pressure over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong

held up in midfield, 6th straight, ridden and headway to chase clear leading pair 2f out, soon no impression and outpaced, well held in 3rd and plugged on same pace after

held up in midfield, 6th straight, soon ridden, outpaced and lost place over 2f out, rallied 1f out and kept on under hands and heels riding inside final furlong, no threat to leaders

held up towards rear, headway 2f out, ridden and disorganised over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, closed near finish to take 2nd

chased leader for 3f, steadied back into midfield halfway, effort and shaken up over 1f out, soon hung right and no impression, kept on same pace final furlong

steadied start, took keen hold, held up in touch in last pair, effort over 2f out, no impression under pressure over 1f out, weakened final furlong