1st - €11,385.00 2nd - €2,805.00 3rd - €1,320.00 4th - €825.00 Fine

FormscanBy Gary Carson - A guessing game here with no form to go on and breeding is the only guide. Ballydoyle naturally have a strong hand and Joseph O'Brien gets the leg up on JACOBEAN. The High Chaparral colt was a €170,000 yearling and is from the family of Queen Mary winner Flashy Wings. He could prove the pick. His stable-mate Royal Navy Ship also commands respect having cost %24500,000 as a yearling. His full-sister won a valuable stakes race in the US and they are from the family of Grade 1 winner Liaison. David Wachman runs three well-bred fillies in the race and the pick looks to be Mohini. The daughter of Galileo is out of Prix Marcel Boussac winner Denebola, who herself is a daughter of Coup De Genie (also an own-sister to Machiavellian). Andrea Atzeni would surely have the pick of the two Qatar Racing newcomers and rides Johnny Murtagh's Jolyne. She is a half-sister to the Group 3 placed Balty Boys, who was a decent sprinter having also been fourth in Middle Park as a juvenile. Dermot Weld has had a great season with Aga Khan runners and Kalawar could be a big player here. The son of More Than Ready is out of dual Listed winner Kaloura who is herself a half-sister to Kalanisi. Jim Bolger is another obvious one to note and the Sheikh Mohammed-owned Emperor's Palace is a half-brother to Lake Palace, a Listed winner in France. John Oxx saddles a nicely bred Dubawi colt in Appeared, who is from the family of Group 1 winner Flintshire.

For two yrs old only, that have never run and which are EBF eligible
Weights - 9st 5lb; Fillies allowed 5lb;