17:30 Sligo

midfield, headway 2f out, ridden and challenging 1f out, ran on well to lead towards finish

in touch with leaders, unbalanced under 2f out, led but faced challenge 1f out, kept on well but headed towards finish (jockey said filly got unbalanced over the road crossing)

midfield, in touch with leaders 1f out, ran on and went third towards finish, no match for first two

slowly into stride, towards rear, headway into midfield halfway, ran on well inside final furlong, nearest finish

pressed leader, weakened gradually inside final furlong

prominent, short of room home turn, weakened inside final furlong

led but pestered, headed 1f out, weakened final furlong

never better than midfield (stewards enquired into the running and riding; jockey said that his instructions were to get his mount to relax and finish off his race as he is a very tricky horse; he said that they went hard and he got his mount relaxed; he added that he got a nice position and was following the fancied horses in front of him into the straight; he further said that he was pushing hands and heels from 3f out and was delighted with how he ran; trainer's rep confirmed the instructions given and expressed his satisfaction with the ride; he added that this horse behaved badly on his last start and the main thing today was to get him settled; evidence was also heard from the IHRB Handicapper, Mr G. O'Gorman who stated that Shay's Dream had showed very limited form on all previous runs; vet said animal was post race normal; samples were taken for further analysis; having viewed the recording of the race and considered the evidence, stewards noted the explanations given)

towards rear throughout (vet said gelding had blood at both nostrils post race)

slowly away, towards rear throughout (jockey said gelding was slowly away)

in rear throughout

prominent, weakened quickly over 1f out, eased final 110yds

in touch with leaders, pulled up quickly after 1f, lost action (jockey said gelding lost action after a furlong)