led early and wandered a little, soon joined, headed approaching 3rd, led again approaching straight, jumped left last and bumped rival, strongly pressed and kept on well run-in to prevail at the line, finished 1st, demoted to 3rd
soon disputed lead, headed approaching 3rd, under pressure from 3 out, no impression and one pace approaching straight
tracked leaders, led approaching 3rd, headed approaching straight, no extra and not fluent last
waited with in rear, pushed along from 3 out, slight mistake 2 out, no impression and one pace approaching straight, not fluent last
waited with in 5th, closed from before 3 out, every chance and kept on well run-in, not quite match first past the post, finished 2nd, promoted to 1st
tracked leaders, not always fluent jumping, pushed along from 2 out, challenged from before last where bumped and impeded, every chance and kept on well run-in, not quite match 1st 2 past the post, finished 3rd, promoted to 2nd
RELEGATE completed her hat-trick when leading home a Willie Mullins 1-2-3 in the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham. She didn't run up to that form in the equivalent race here but looks a high-class prospect for hurdling. Cuneo gradually made progress last term culminating in a victory at Tramore and he has a fine pedigree for jumping. The Big Dog looks as though he'll be suited by testing ground over jumps in time while Satoshi has moved to Gordon Elliott after a moderate bumper debut here in April.
Cuneo (FR) 6-4fav (12-0) Led at slow early pace and raced green early, briefly ran wide off bend after 1f, joined after 4f, headed halfway, improved to dispute lead again 3f out, ridden and led 2f out, strongly pressed 1f out, stayed on well under pressure final furlong, won at Tramore 2m hvy in Apr beating Sunday At Augusta (12-0) by 2 3/4l, 4 ran.
An'ball (FR) 7-1 (11-12) Tracked leaders, a little keen, dropped to last from 4th, detached from 6th, soon no impression, kept on same pace from 3 out, 7th of 10, 27 3/4l behind Black Label (11-3) at Limerick 2m 4f hcp Good - Yielding in Jul.
Gigiplan Two Seven (IRE) 10-1 (11-10) Tracked leaders, 5th at 3rd, chased front pair 2 out, soon no impression, one pace, 4th of 14, 15 1/4l behind Felix Desjy (11-10) at Galway 2m mdn Yielding in Oct.
Liar's Dice (IRE) 25-1 (11-4) Mid-division, ridden and no extra 4 out, weakened before next, pulled up before 2 out, at Tipperary 3m mdn gd in May.
Satoshi (IRE) 20-1 (11-7) Mid-division, ridden in 6th entering straight, soon no impression, 9th of 16, 24l behind Kalum River (11-7) at Punchestown 2m Yielding - Soft in Apr.
Relegate (IRE) 9-2 (11-7) Held up, soon raced in 9th, pushed along 4f out and no impression, moderate 7th approaching straight, one pace, 7th of 10, 24 3/4l behind Tornado Flyer (12-0) at Punchestown 2m (1) Yielding in Apr.
The Big Dog (IRE) 7-1 (11-12) Chased leader, 2nd halfway, ridden to challenge over 3f out, disputed 2f out, kept on best final furlong, asserted closing stages, won at Naas 2m 3f Soft - Heavy in Jan beating Mount Pelier (11-12) by 1 3/4l, 11 ran.
