| Pos | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | SP | OR | Dist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merlin's Beard (GB) | George Rooke | Richard Hughes | 11/1 | 76 | - |
| OR: 76 RPR: 87 Led - headed but close up after 2f - going easily on inner 3f out - shaken up and led again over 1f out - soon clear - ridden out final 110yds - comfortably(op 12/1) | ||||||
| 2 | Party Island (IRE) | Harry Burns | Denis Coakley | 10/1 | 72 | 1.75 |
| OR: 72 RPR: 78 Reluctant to load - held up in rear on inner - pushed along 3f out - headway from over 1f out - went second inside final furlong - kept on final 110yds(op 9/1 tchd 17/2 and tchd 11/1) | ||||||
| 3 | Mercian Hymn (GB) | Charles Bishop | Sir Mark Todd | 5/2F | 80 | 0.3 |
| OR: 80 RPR: 85 Taken down early - took keen hold - in touch with leaders - pushed along 2f out - edged left over 1f out - went third inside final furlong - ridden and kept on final 110yds(tchd 11/4) | ||||||
| 4 | Lost Gold (IRE) | Josephine Gordon | Saeed bin Suroor | 11/4 | 76 | 3 |
| OR: 76 RPR: 76 Took keen hold - held up in rear on outer - headway from under 3f out - disputed lead and pushed along 2f out - edged right over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 3/1 tchd 5/2) | ||||||
| 5 | Cu Chulainn (GB) | Daniel Muscutt | Brian Meehan | 7/2 | 79 | 0.3 |
| OR: 79 RPR: 79 Headgear: T Prominent - going easily when led over 2f out - ridden and headed over 1f out - soon lost second - weakened inside final furlong(op 4/1 tchd 9/2) | ||||||
| 6 | Downsman (IRE) | Pat Cosgrave | Jim Boyle | 5/1 | 81 | 19 |
| OR: 81 RPR: 51 Headgear: P Slowly into stride - prominent - led after 2f - pushed along and headed over 2f out - ridden and lost ground quickly under 2f out - eased from 1f out - tailed off (jockey said gelding stopped quickly; trainer said - regarding performance - that the gelding was possibly unsuited by the surface - this being the gelding's first run on the all-weather)(op 7/2 tchd 11/2) | ||||||