held up, 6th from 6th, closed up from before 3 out, 5th approaching straight, soon no extra and pulled up before last
disputed lead, headed 3rd, 3rd from 6th, slightly slow 7th and soon lost place, no danger 8th, tailed off
soon tracked leaders, 4th from 6th, pushed along in 3rd approaching straight, soon 4th again and no impression
held up, slight mistake 1st, last from 6th, mistake 8th, soon no danger, tailed off
chased leaders, 5th from 6th, close up when not fluent 3 out, 4th approaching straight, soon 3rd and no impression, one pace
disputed lead, headed 3rd, 2nd from 6th, gained narrow lead before 2 out, slight mistake last, stayed on well run-in
prominent, led 3rd, jumped slightly right 3 out, narrowly headed before next, kept on without matching winner run-in
MONTYS MEADOW is a cracking chaser on his day as he showed when just failing to concede lumps of weight to Westerner Point in a better race than this at Limerick in December. He didn't run well in his two later starts but hopefully he'll be ready after a long break and can concede weight all round. Dual bumper winner and hurdles winner Aspen Colorado has yet to figure in four starts over fences and will need to do much better while Killiney Court has failed to complete in three of his last four starts over the bigger obstacles, though in much better company than this. The latter's stable companion Show And Go is just 2lb higher than when scoring at Punchestown on New Year's Eve.
Montys Meadow (IRE) 4-1 (11-3) Led, raced on inner, inclined to jump left, joined 4th, slight mistake next, gained narrow lead again from 6th, headed 4 out, soon dropped to 3rd and no impression, not fluent 3 out, bad mistake last and dropped to rear, last of 4, dist behind Ballycasey (11-8) at Gowran Park 2m 4f (1) hvy in Feb.
Killiney Court (IRE) 6-1 (11-0) Prominent, improved to 2nd after 3rd, headway to lead at 5th, headed before 2 out, no extra in 5th after 2 out, 6th of 10, 16 1/4l behind St Lawrence Gap (10-13) at Tramore 2m hcp Yielding in Aug.
Marchese Marconi (IRE) 33-1 (10-10) Towards rear, 17th after 7th, no impression, never a factor, 16th of 19, dist behind Riviera Sun (10-11) at Galway 2m 7f hcp sft in Aug.
Aspen Colorado (IRE) 25-1 (11-12) Always towards rear, pushed along after 5th, no extra 3 out, never a factor, 10th of 11, dist behind Three Wise Men (11-12) at Galway 2m 2f gd in Aug.
Show And Go (IRE) 25-1 (10-5) Rear of mid-division, 12th after 7th, improved to 10th after 3 out, no extra after last, 12th of 19, 25 1/2l behind Riviera Sun (10-11) at Galway 2m 7f hcp sft in Aug.
Presenting Mahler (IRE) 14-1 (9-10) Towards rear, 8th at 9th, 7th after 11th, under pressure in 6th after 3 out, weakened before 2 out, badly hampered in moderate 5th run-in, no extra, 5th of 9, 32 3/4l behind Kylecrue (11-2) at Listowel 2m 4f hcp hvy in Sep.
Tulpar (IRE) 3-1jfav (11-4) Tracked leader, progress to dispute 5th, headed after next, 2nd halfway, pushed along after 2 out and dropped to 4th before last, no extra run-in, 4th of 12, 10 3/4l behind The Conker Club (11-0) at Thurles 2m 4f hcp Yielding - Soft in Mar.
