led, took keen hold, ridden and headed 3f out, soon weakened
tracked leader in 2nd, dropped to 4th halfway, headway into 2nd and ridden 2f out, dropped to 4th 1f out, no impression
held up in rear, dropped to last and pushed along briefly halfway, headway and pushed along in 5th on outer 3f out, ridden in 4th 2f out, 3rd 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, kept on well close home
tracked leaders in 3rd, improved to dispute 2nd halfway, led 3f out, ridden 2f out, headed 1 1/2f out, dropped to 3rd inside final furlong, no extra
held up in rear, under pressure from halfway, weakened from 6f out, eased 4f out
tracked leaders in 4th, improved to dispute 2nd halfway, ridden in 3rd 2f out, improved to lead 1 1/2f out, stayed on well under pressure inside final furlong
Cats For Cash will do better when getting a stiffer test of stamina having been outpaced by the winner at Down Royal under Lisa O'Neill, who rides Thunder Down Under for the stable here. The latter is also likely to find this on the short side but MATS HALL, who won between the flags in March, ran surprisingly well on very fast going in a Bellewstown bumper last summer. The Shunter is back in a bumper after a couple of runs over hurdles though a bigger threat may emerge from the newcomer Elusive Star, who is out of a Flat winner. Deployed showed improved form at Galway in October and it wouldn't take much more to get into contention.
Mats Hall (IRE) 3-1 (11-7) Mid-division on inner and pulled hard, progress into 4th halfway, ridden in 3rd 2f out, soon no impression on leaders, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 10, 12l behind Macgiloney (12-0) at Bellewstown 2m 1f gf in Jul.
The Shunter (IRE) 20-1 (11-4) Disputed lead early, prominent, not fluent 5th, pushed along in 4th from 3 out, no impression approaching 2 out, one pace, 3rd of 15, 9 1/4l behind Press Conference (11-4) at Limerick 2m mdn sft in Dec.
Cats For Cash (IRE) 4-5fav (11-0) Tracked leader, pushed along over 3f out, kept on without matching winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 5, 3l behind Not The Chablis (11-0) at Down Royal 2m gd in Jun.
Deployed (IRE) 14-1 (11-10) Waited with, 10th before halfway, improved to get on terms 3f out, soon headed, no extra and one pace straight, 4th of 14, 7 1/2l behind Abacadabras (11-10) at Galway 2m Yielding in Oct.
Elusive Star (IRE) Elusive Pimpernel gelding out of Star Seventeen.
Thunder Down Under (IRE) 5-1 (11-11) Mid-div, clsr in 7th aftr 4out & mstk 3out, prog 2out when lft 3rd, 3rd bef last, no ex, 3rd of 13, 10 1/4l behind First Lord De Cuet (11-11) at Tralee 3m mdn gd in May.
