chased leader in 2nd, pushed along and no impression after 4 out, no extra approaching last, kept on one pace
always rear, pushed along after 3rd, detached and slight mistake 5th, no threat from halfway, completely tailed off
made all, jumped well, 10 lengths clear halfway, increased advantage approaching last, stayed on well, very easily
This has been run seven times and six favourites have won. Lord Scoundrel lost his unbeaten record to Sizing John in a Grade 2 at Punchestown where the minimum trip looked on the short side. His stablemate Shadow Catcher kept running into smart performers before beating the useful Guitar Pete over 2m4f at Cork and was by no means disgraced when tackling Grade 2 company at Down Royal. TTEBBOB competed at a high level over hurdles and made a sparkling debut over fences at Thurles where he jumped superbly to beat All Hell Let Loose, who is well regarded. He's an exciting prospect and should take this before going on to better things.
Lord Scoundrel (IRE) 5-2 (11-7) Soon tracked leader in 2nd, led after 2nd, disputed at 5th, mistake 7th and soon 2nd, pushed along before 3 out, ridden before 2 out, no impression leader, kept on same pace, 2nd of 4, 8l behind Sizing John (11-4) at Punchestown 2m (1) Soft - Heavy in Nov.
Shadow Catcher 10-1 (11-1) Soon led and disputed, not fluent 3rd, not fluent 9th, headed approaching 2 out, soon no impression, one pace, 3rd of 8, 11l behind Ptit Zig (11-10) at Down Royal 2m 4f Yielding in Oct.
Ttebbob (IRE) 3-1 (11-12) Made all, soon well clear, slightly reduced lead 3 out, still travelling smoothly straight but soon came back to pursuer, eased away again run-in to assert, won at Thurles 2m 2f sft in Nov beating All Hell Let Loose (11-12) by 6l, 15 ran.
