settled behind leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden to challenge entering straight, no extra in 3rd before last, kept on same pace
chased leader, led and disputed from before 6th, slight mistake 4 out, ridden and pressed entering straight, kept on well from before last
settled behind leaders, slight mistake 2nd, 4th halfway, improved to challenge 4 out, ridden in 3rd entering straight, close up 2 out, no impression in 2nd last, kept on same pace
always in rear, bad mistake 4th, mistake 6th, soon behind, jumped left and pushed along 8th, ridden and mistake 11th, weakened, tailed off
led and disputed, slight mistake 4 out, soon ridden and no extra next, weakened and tailed off
Gordon Elliott has won the last two of these and is doubly represented this time. Both Knight's Parade and Captain Von Trappe will be making their debuts over fences and though the former is the higher rated of the pair over hurdles the latter could prove best on this occasion as the winning point-to-pointer looks to have more scope. Don Vincenzo was taking on smart opposition at Tipperary and his jumping left plenty to be desired Frontline also made mistakes when runner-up to My Direction at Gowran and will need to jump better as FULL CRY will take some beating. Henry De Bromhead's winning hurdler ran in snatches when fancied for a similar race to this at Navan but he's had little experience and with improvement expected looks the one to be on. Old Storm should make progress from his debut over fences at Tramore last week and is no forlorn hope in a tricky race.
Captain Von Trappe (IRE) 7-2 (11-10) Raced in 4th, pushed along and dropped to 5th after 3 out, ridden in 4th before 2 out and kept on well into 2nd run-in without troubling winner, 2nd of 6, 2 1/2l behind Duckweed (10-11) at Kilbeggan 3m 1f Good - Yielding in May.
Don Vincenzo (IRE) 5-1 (11-12) Mid-division, jumped right 2nd, 6th halfway, progress into 4th and mistake 3 out, soon ridden, no impression before 2 out, kept on one pace into moderate 3rd before last, 3rd of 8, 19 1/4l behind Waaheb (11-12) at Tipperary 2m 7f Yielding in Oct.
Full Cry (IRE) 7-4fav (11-9) Close up and disputed lead, slow jump 7th, not match winner from between last 2, no extra and one pace run-in in 3rd,, 3rd of 11, 3 3/4l behind Jarob (11-12) at Navan 2m 4f gd in Sep.
Knight's Parade (IRE) 7-2fav (11-8) Mid-division, ridden and weakened quickly before 8th, soon tailed off and pulled up, at Perth 3m hcp (3) gs in Sep.
Old Storm (IRE) 12-1 (11-12) Led, slow 4th, slight mistake 8th, 2 lengths lead halfway, pushed along and headed after 3 out, slight mistake next, ridden and soon no impression on winner, kept on one pace, 3rd of 9, 10 1/4l behind Vic Approach (11-12) at Tramore 2m 6f gd in Oct.
Frontline (IRE) 6-4fav (11-12) Impeded 1st and not fluent, chased leaders, moderate 2nd before 4 out, some headway and pecked 3 out, kept on without reaching winner run-in, 2nd of 6, 3l behind My Direction (11-11) at Gowran Park 2m 2f gd in Oct.
