Rockshore Refreshingly Irish Race

Counting Coup arrives here a winner two starts back and goes on today's going, giving him plenty to work with off 135 lb; the main risk is that his most recent start since that victory ended in a fourth, suggesting he can be inconsistent.

Taipan showed he can win at this level with a victory five starts back, and he has distance and going experience to call on carrying 135 lb; the chief concern is whether he returns to peak form after 89 days off the track.

Teed Up has run over today's trip and going before, but one unplaced effort in his last three starts makes him hard to fancy, and he ranks fifth of six on our figures — though a win four starts back and back-to-back thirds suggest he retains some ability.

Uxmal showed his class with a win four starts back and returned to form with a third last time out, and he has experience of today's trip and going. Carrying 131 lb is the one test, but on his best he looks the one to beat.

Winless in his last three starts, with a seventh last time out and a fifth two starts back, Way Down South looks up against it here — our rating places him last of six in the field, though 11 days since his latest run at least suggests freshness, and he has experience of today's going.