5.45 7f. 80yds. 6 Declared. Elphin H'cap of €15,500.00 3-y-o plus
1st - €9,300.00 2nd - €3,100.00 3rd - €1,550.00 4th - €775.00 5th - €465.00 6th - €310.00
FormscanBy Eamonn Murphy - DARKENED beat The Mpex Kid by a neck at the Galway festival. The Mpex Kid is a nice horse for this level, and Dot Love’s charge was due to put the form to the test at Cork on Sunday. Darkened got seven pounds for his Ballybrit win, a meeting at which he’d finished second a couple of days previous. If recovered from that busy spell the Dark Angel gelding should contend strongly from his rail-side draw in stall one. Darkened’s trainer Denis Hogan also has Lincoln in the field, and the Tipperary handler isn’t the only one with dual representation as Jessica Harrington fields Rocket Science and Ocean Monarch whilst Ger Lyons has Frank Arthur and Whoareyouanyway in the mix. These are all contenders, as is course and distance winner Mean Fomhair.
An extended handicap for three years old and upwards (90 = 10st)Weights - Top weight in the original handicap and after the time of declaration shall not be less than 10st and the minimum weight is 8st 6lbsPenalties - (after calculation of the handicap) A winner shall carry 6lb extra for each race won.