The 3m 65y contest carried a winning time of 6m 49.60s on good to yielding turf, Sporting Life reported. Five runners weighed in for the race.
Urbs Intacta Manet is going the right way in this sphere and looks to have been found a good opportunity to open his account here, according to Sporting Life. A Year Older may provide the chief threat.
Urbs Intacta Manet found improvement in his last two starts over fences. His latest outing resulted in a close second of seven in a handicap chase at this course over three miles on good to soft ground seven days ago.
He carries a four-pound higher mark now but looks the one to beat. William P Murphy trains the seven-year-old gelding, who holds an official rating of 82 under rider Mr B M Coonan.
E McNamara trains Age: 7 runner carrying weight 11-10 with an official rating of 92. Mr P Barlow takes the ride with a seven-pound claim.
This runner sprang a surprise over hurdles earlier this year and added to that victory over fences at Limerick in May. Sporting Life noted he should come on for his recent hurdling return and could be a player here.
J J Hanlon trains the 12-year-old contender carrying 11-5 off an official rating of 87. Miss T Quail takes the seven-pound claim.
This entry capitalised on a reduced mark at Roscommon over two and three-quarter miles in June before bumping into one at Killarney the following month. Form has dipped since, but the handicapper is relenting again.
J P Flavin trains the five-year-old veteran carrying 11-2 with an official rating of 84. Ms Ellie Callwood takes the seven-pound claim.
The stable puts blinkers back on for the race. The runner has not stood much racing in recent seasons and has offered little promise in his last two starts.
Another contender was successful again in a point-to-point prior to a good run on handicap debut in a chase at Tramore over two and three-quarter miles on good to soft ground in May. The runner has failed to build on that in three starts since.
E McNamara trains the seven-year-old carrying 11-10 with an official rating of 92, Sporting Life reported.
The contest was run over three miles and 65 yards on good to yielding turf.
The William P Murphy-trained runner finished a close second of seven in a handicap chase over three miles on good to soft ground.
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