1st - €26,550.00 2nd - €9,000.00 3rd - €4,500.00 4th - €2,250.00 5th - €1,350.00 6th - €900.00 Overcast and showery

FormscanBy Alan Magee - RAKAN won the mile maiden on this card 12 months ago and booked his place in the Irish Derby line-up after again showing his liking for this venue by landing the Listed King George V Cup. He failed to give his running in the Dubai Duty Free-sponsored showpiece at the Curragh and has been absent since. Hopefully the market will speak in his favour after a four-month break and the beautifully bred colt, by Sea The Stars out of Oaks runner-up Tarfasha, remains a very interesting sort. Mount Everest has always been held in good regard by connections and was just touched off by Japan in the Beresford Stakes last year. The well-bred son of Galileo was sidelined this season until a couple of reasonable outings over 1m4f last month and it will be interesting to see how he copes with this soft surface. Riven Light should appreciate the drop back in trip after weakening in the closing stages at Limerick last Saturday, while Bopedro and Onlyhuman both step up to Stakes company after winning handicaps off top-weight on soft ground last time. One Cool Poet (beaten off a mark of 62 in July) has enjoyed a remarkable rise through the handicap ranks winning three times at the Galway Festival and a Premier Handicap at the Curragh last time.

For three years old and upwards that have not won a Group 1 race
Weights - 3-y-o 9st 3lbs ;4-y-o and up 9st 7lbs ;Fillies allowed 5lbs ;
Penalties - (to count from 1st January, 2019) Winner of a Listed race 3lb extra Of a Group 3 race 5lb extra Of a Group 2 race 7lb extra