prominent, led after 3rd, joined at times after, mistake 9th and headed, remained prominent, pushed along before straight, no impression before 2 out
chased leaders, closed 4th, pushed along before straight, disputed 3rd 2 out, not fluent last and one pace
chased leaders, slightly slow 4th, not fluent 4 out, slight mistake 3 out, pushed along before straight, disputed 3rd 2 out, one pace from before last
prominent early, soon tracked leaders, a little slow 4th, jumped left 5th, 2nd before straight and pushed along, kept on without matching winner from last
led, inclined to jump slightly left, headed after 3rd, remained prominent and disputed lead at times after, led again from 9th, slightly slow at last, kept on well run-in
in rear, pushed along briefly after 8th, pushed along again after 4 out, no impression after 3 out
Aherlow, a winner over hurdles at Cork in May, hasn't really shown enough in three starts over fences to be considered and he has to concede weight all round. Dual winning hurdler Exactoris has pulled up in his last two starts over the bigger obstacles while Great Khan produced a very poor round of jumping at Fairyhouse after a decent run behind Roaring Bull on the same track. TELL ME ANNIE ended the last campaign scoring by 15 lengths over timber and reappeared with another comfortable victory at Fairyhouse. His two runs over fences have been in Grade 3 and 2 company and this represents a huge drop in class. Frankly All Talk found 2m much too short last time and is better judged on his two earlier efforts, which would put him in the frame, but Pateen was beaten a distance on his chasing debut at Limerick.
Aherlow (IRE) 10-1 (11-9) Chased leaders, 5th after 9th, pecked slightly 14th, no impression 3 out, pecked next and no extra, 6th of 10, dist behind Se Mo Laoch (11-1) at Punchestown 3m 1f hcp gd in Jan.
Exactoris (IRE) 25-1 (11-5) Held up towards rear, slight mistake 5th, pushed along in moderate 8th 3 out, some modest progress next, kept on without threatening run-in, 5th of 10, 10 1/4l behind Eclair De Beaufeu (10-13) at Fairyhouse 2m gd in Jan.
Great Khan (IRE) 10-1 (11-12) Always towards rear, never a factor, mistakes 4th and 5 out, detached 3 out, no extra, last of 8, dist behind Uisce Beatha (11-12) at Fairyhouse 2m 1f gd in Jan.
Tell Me Annie (IRE) 7-1 (11-0) Held up towards rear, no extra 3 out, weakened and pulled up before 2 out, at Thurles 2m 5f (1) gd in Jan.
Frankly All Talk (IRE) 5-1 (11-0) Settled behind leaders early, towards rear from 4th, ridden and no impression before 3 out, 5th of 6, 16 3/4l behind Monatomic (11-7) at Down Royal 2m Yielding in Jan.
Pateen (IRE) 40-1 (11-3) In rear, no impression from 4 out, left distant 4th from 2 out, 4th of 9, dist behind Redhotfillypeppers (11-3) at Limerick 2m 2f Yielding - Soft in Dec.
