1st - €22,500.00 2nd - €7,500.00 3rd - €3,750.00 4th - €1,875.00 5th - €1,125.00 6th - €750.00 Overcast

FormscanBy Tom Weekes - REAL FORCE hasn't run for 71 days but could be the type to continue progression and win this. He has always shown smart ability and did well to beat a subsequent Listed winner at Tipperary when last seen in August, with the form receiving a further boost when the 10L third won three handicaps since. REAL FORCE goes well with an ease, is likely to have been primed for this race and while he has a little to find on adjusted ratings with Surrounding (4lb) and Laughifuwant (3lbs), he can continue his progression here. Laughifuwant is a consistent and capable type who comes here with every chance having won the Cambridgeshire before being touched off in the Concorde Stakes at Tipperary. He is vulnerable to any progressive high class prospects but should be bang there at thus business end today, albeit he is better with an ease. Surrounding has won nine races including a Group 3 and four Listed races, and is another with strong claims. She drops down in grade here having ran solid races in defeat at Group 2 level on her most recent starts and is the top adjusted rated runner. Irish Admiral beat three subsequent maiden winners when showing good ability to win on debut at Dundalk in August and while this is clearly a step up in class, can still go well. Free Solo has approximately 4L to find with REAL FORCE on a line through Aztec Parade but has place prospects.%0A

For three years old and upwards that have not won a Group 1 or Group 2 race
Weights - 3-y-o 9st 7lbs 4-y-o and up 9st 9lbs Fillies allowed 5lbs
Penalties - (to count from 1st January, 2020) Winner of a Listed race 3lb extra Of a Group 3 race 5lb extra