mid-division early, ran freely, headway after 5f and led halfway, pushed along approaching straight, ridden and headed 1 1/2f out, soon no impression on winner, dropped to 3rd final 100 yards
tracked leader, hampered on bend after 4f and lost place, 6th halfway, 3rd and pushed along entering straight, ridden and no impression over 1f out, kept on one pace into 2nd final 100 yards
towards rear and kept wide, moderate 8th over 2f out, kept on one pace to go 4th close home, never a factor
tracked leaders, led briefly after 4f, 3rd halfway, 4th and pushed along approaching straight, no extra under 2f out
tracked leaders, ran freely, 5th halfway, 6th and pushed along approaching straight, soon no extra
tracked leaders, 4th halfway, headway approaching straight and led 1 1/2f out, soon asserted, pushed out and kept on well inside final furlong
always towards rear, never a factor, pushed along 6f out and no extra approaching straight, eased, tailed off
rear of mid-division, 7th halfway, 5th and pushed along approaching straight, soon ridden and no impression in 4th over 1f out, kept on one pace
rear of mid-division, 8th halfway, pushed along and no impression in 7th approaching straight, kept on one pace
led, headed briefly after 4f, headed halfway, lost place 6f out and no extra approaching straight, weakened, tailed off
always towards rear, never a factor, pushed along and detached 5f out, no extra, tailed off
Great Universe is among the most exposed and penalised for winning at Clonmel two runs ago but will be hard to keep out of the frame in this. A winner between the flags in 2021, High Class Hero has switched to Willie Mullins’ yard which sent out the winner of this in 2014 and again two years ago. Upton Fox, a half-brother to winning chaser Springfield Fox, is worth noting for future reference as is newcomer Wilmeaulpalwinbos but the well-regarded KINBARA has already won a point and a bumper and can give John McConnell back-to-back victories in this contest.
Great Universe 14-1 (12-0) Held up, 6th halfway, ridden 2 1/2f out, no impression under 2f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out, 4th of 9, 8 1/2l behind Ballyburn (12-0) at Punchestown 2m Good - Yielding in Apr.
Kinbara (IRE) 40-1 (11-6) Mid-division, effort over 3f out, outpaced and no impression final 2f, 11th of 20, 11 1/4l behind Florida Dreams (11-6) at Aintree 2m 1f (1) gs in Apr.
Cap Bernat (IRE) 50-1 (11-9) Rear, 8th halfway, no impression 3f out, kept on same pace final furlong, never a factor, 5th of 8, 23l behind Hollow Games (11-13) at Leopardstown 2m Yielding in Dec.
Churchroad Prince (IRE) Mahler gelding out of Bettys Delight.
Fisichella (IRE) 4-1 (11-11) Mid-div on inner, 5th from 4th, cl 4th aftr 3out, drpd to fair 5th & btn bef 2out, wknd & pu bef last, at Lisronagh 3m mdn sft in Nov.
High Class Hero 4-1 (11-11) Mid-div, 6th 1/2way, rdn aftr 2out in 6l 2nd, gd prog to ld appr str, kow aftr last, won at Loughbrickland 3m mdn sft in Nov beating Spirit Of Legend (11-11) by 4l, 8 ran.
Trooper Thorn (IRE) 50-1 (11-12) Towards rear, progress to 6th after 6th, lost place and weakened after 2 out, tailed off, 8th of 10, dist behind Haxo (11-12) at Punchestown 2m 4f mdn sft in Jan.
Upton Fox 4-5 (12-2) Pr, ld from 4th, hdd aftr 6th, last bef 6th, mstk 5out, sl prog aftr 3out, b mstk 2out, ko, 5th of 11, 14 1/2l behind Glens Sensation (11-11) at Ballindenisk 3m mdn Yielding in May.
Watergrangedreamer (IRE) 40-1 (12-0) In rear and slightly detached, closed up on field after 2f, 10th halfway, weakened and detached over 3f out, never a factor, tailed off, 9th of 12, dist behind Tommy Time (12-0) at Kilbeggan 1m 7f Good - Yielding in Apr.
Wilmeaulpalwinbos (IRE) Make Believe gelding out of Tetard.
Aisling's Court (IRE) 50-1 (11-5) Rear of mid-division, effort under 6f out, headway over 2f out, slightly hampered under 2f out, no extra, 13th of 18, 25 1/4l behind Young Lucy (11-5) at Cork 2m fll Yielding in May.
One Of Us Is Lying (IRE) 12-1 (11-11) Ww in rr, last 1/2way, 9th 5out, no impr from next, detd in rr when pu bef last, at Taylorstown 3m mdn Good - Yielding in May.
Westwind Star 250-1 (11-7) Tracked leaders on outer, dropped towards rear approaching halfway, in rear from 4f out and soon no extra, last of 13, dist behind Readin Tommy Wrong (12-0) at Tipperary 2m Good - Yielding in May.
