settled 3rd, pushed along to lead 1 1/2f out, kept on well final furlong
chased leader in 2nd, close up 3f out, ridden to challenge 1 1/2f out, no extra in 2nd over 1f out, kept on same pace
held up in last, ridden 2f out, stayed on into 2nd inside final furlong, no impression leader
led, challenged 3f out, ridden and headed 1 1/2f out, no extra and weakened
John Oxx and Dermot Weld have shared this in the past four years and the latter should go one ahead with FAMOUS NAME, who reeled off a hat-trick in his opening three runs last season, including this event, before beaten in two Group 1 events. He finished the campaign with a Listed success here in October and should have a nice warm-up for bigger and better things. Weld also runs Libano and he can snatch second spot over Finicius as Barack will probably need his first run back.
Famous Name 11-8fav (9-11) Mid-division, 8th halfway, smooth headway on outer entering straight, led 1 1/2f out, soon quickened clear, eased close home, very easily, won at Leopardstown 1m 2f Listed stks (1) gf in Oct beating Devoted To You (8-12) by 7l, 14 ran.
Barack (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Led, headed after 1 1/2f, 3rd halfway, ridden into 2nd 2f out, led 1 1/2f out, kept on well final furlong, all out close home, just held on, won at Leopardstown 1m hcap sft in Oct beating Waydownsouth (8-10) by shd, 20 ran.
Finicius (USA) 14-1 (10-0) Rear of mid-division, in touch and briefly short of room over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 9th of 13, 4 1/2l behind Dahindar (9-8) at Dundalk 7f Ext hcp pol.
Libano (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) Rear of mid-division, never a factor, some headway into 8th 2f out, no impression and kept on one pace from 1f out, 7th of 16, 7l behind Blue Dahlia (7-8) at Curragh 6f ext hcp sft in Mar.
