Yielding To Soft

5:45 Super Sunday At Tipperary Handicap (3yo+,50-80)

[off 5:45] £6,125.89, £1,427.31, £629.43, £363.48 5f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Dafaroun (17) Martin O´Toole 4 8-4 T P O´Shea 14/1 54 — —

2 ¾ Libras Child (18) P Delaney 6 9-8 K J Manning 12/1 72 — —

3 shd Millers Weir (16) E J O´Grady 6 8-9 C D Hayes(5) 12/1 64 — —

4 1 Miss Isabela (10) Ms F M Crowley 3 9-3 b M J Lane(7) 12/1 75 — —

5 ¾ Paris Sue (11) Marcus Callaghan 5 8-8 P B Beggy(5) 8/1 63 — —

6 1½ La Motta (15) Adrian McGuinness 5 8-5 tp N G McCullagh 9/1 55 — —

7 ½ Belle Child (3) M Halford 4 8-7 tp E M Butterly(7) 7/1 64 — —

7 shd Nebdi (12) Joseph G Murphy 4 9-2 p W J Lee(3) 12/1 69 — —

8 nk Adriatic (GB) (7) Michael Kavanagh 5 8-9 b D Manning 12/1 59 — —

8 nk Kurkova (1) T A Regan 3 8-2 b1 M C Hussey(3) 25/1 56 — —

9 ¾ Nathan Jones (GB) (5) Patrick J Flynn 6 9-7 K T Maher(7) 14/1 78 — —

10 shd Neeze (GB) (8) Edward Lynam 5 9-7 p D P McDonogh 10/1 71 — —

11 2 Voodoo Bert (14) L T Reilly 3 8-3 R M Burke 20/1 54 — —

12 1½ Tubbertown Rose (2) Peter Casey 7 9-3 C O´Donoghue 13/2F 67 — —

13 ½ Maigue Violet (13) J G Burns 3 9-4 J A Heffernan 9/1 69 — —

14 hd Incline (9) R McGlinchey 6 9-9 Catherine Gannon 20/1 73 — —

15 shd Vintage Year (6) T J O´Mara 3 9-6 W M Lordan 14/1 71 — —

16 2½ Faynita (4) M Halford 3 8-2 R P Cleary(3) 20/1 56 — —

18 ran TIME 58.80s TOTAL SP 142%

NON RUNNERS: Aigean Gorm ,Ridyan ,Shevalina

1st OWNER: Mrs H O'Toole BRED: H H The Aga Khan's Studs S C TRAINER: Martin O'Toole

2nd OWNER: Miss S M B Allen

3rd OWNER: Badger Hill Syndicate

TOTE WIN £32.30 PL £11.70, £3.00, £3.10, £4.80; Ex £292.20; CSF £189.04; TRICAST £1282.24

ANALYSIS: A wide-open sprint with victory going to DAFAROUN, who finished like a train to follow up his recent Laytown win on the sand. The field eventually split into two groups for a time with the runners tacking over to the near side enjoying a clear advantage at the business end.

Libras Child was another drawn high and plugged on well in the closing stages, along with Millers Weir, who got his head in front briefly well inside the final furlong.

Miss Isabela had shown plenty of speed on a better surface but was inconvenienced by this ease in the ground well into the final furlong after racing prominently, along with Paris Sue, who was another to show good early speed until finding the going tough close home.

La Motta had found one too good on a number of occasions before this season and was another to disappoint after showing good early speed.

Belle Child, who had Adriatic behind when scoring last time had him just behind here. Adriatic had finished like a train to fill the runner-up berth last time over 6f at The Curragh and he looked in need of further.

Tubbertown Rose had a bit to find with a few of these on her course-and-distance debut effort last month when finishing just out of the money. She had the benefit of three subsequent outings coming here but never played any part, along with course-and-distance winner Maigue Violet, who had acted on easier ground before.