1st - €6,900.00 2nd - €1,700.00 3rd - €800.00 4th - €500.00 Cold and dry

FormscanBy Gary Carson - Not a strong contest and DARK ALLIANCE can give Michael Halford another winner at the track. A rating of 71 looks like it should be enough to land a race of this standard. His best run came early in the season at Cork when he chased home The Islander. He disappointed on his next outing but his two subsequent efforts weren't bad and of a good enough level to win this. He finished sixth in a Leopardstown nursery off 75 and wasn't beaten far. Oneoveryou was placed on her last start but it was a moderate maiden and the front two pulled well clear. Those in behind didn't look strong and the fourth was well beaten off a mark off 55 here earlier in the month. The Tommy Stack-trained Robin's Choice hinted at ability in two runs back in the spring and may be more of a threat. She was four-lengths behind the selection when sixth at Cork on her debut and didn't run too badly in a stronger maiden at Navan on her only other start. Of the newcomers John Feane's My My has an interesting pedigree. His dam is a half-sister to a couple of Listed winners and a daughter of the Group 1 placed Yara.

For three yrs old and upwards, maidens at starting
Weights - 9st 5lb; Fillies allowed 5lb;