1st - €25,500.00 2nd - €8,500.00 3rd - €4,250.00 4th - €2,125.00 5th - €1,275.00

FormscanBy Gary Carson - THE ANTARCTIC looks the pick at the weights here on his return to action. The Dark Angel colt, a full-brother to brilliant sprinter Battaash, chased home stablemate Blackbeard in the Middle Park Stakes on his final start last season and was a very smart sprinting juvenile. He got the six furlongs well in Group 1 company and this looks a nice starting point ahead of a sprinting campaign this season. Shartash was twice placed at Group 1 level and looks the danger. Johnny Murtagh's charge was third in both the Phoenix Stakes and National Stakes and also beat the aforementioned Blackbeard in the Group 2 Railway Stakes. He has to give the selection a couple of pounds now. Aesop's Fables, stablemate of the selection, is another that has to be on the shortlist. He has a length-and-a-quarter to find with Shartash on their running in the National Stakes.

For three years old only that are EBF eligible
Weights - 9st 5lbs Fillies allowed 5lbs
Penalties - Winner of a Group 3 race 3lb extra Of a Group 2 or Group 1 race 5lb extra