waited with, soon towards rear, jumped slightly left 4th, moderate 7th after 7th, one pace after, not fluent 2 out
made all, jumped slightly left at times, went on from 2 out, stayed on well, easily
soon prominent in 2nd, no impression from 2 out, one pace
mid-division, jumped slightly left 4th, dropped towards rear after 7th and one pace after
waited with, soon mid-division, jumped slightly left 4th, moderate 6th after 7th, not fluent 4 out and no impression, ran out 3 out
waited with in rear, never a factor
chased leaders, soon 3rd, bad mistake 4 out, soon not match front pair and one pace
prominent, 4th and slight mistake 1st, chased leaders after, slight mistake 3rd, jumped slightly left 4th, not go with leaders and mistake 4 out, jumped left 2 out and one pace
waited with, moderate 7th and slightly slow 2nd, slightly impeded 4th, moderate 5th after 7th, slow jump 4 out and one pace after
Winning hurdler FAN DE BLUES has had nine starts over fences without winning but he's been competing in much better company and his overall form gives him the edge. Winning bumper and hurdler Russian Diamond started favourite for a Grade 3 novices' chase at Galway on his debut over the bigger obstacles but only got as far as the sixth. Raya Time took a long time to warm to chasing though his last two runs put him right in the picture but Recent Revelations hasn't shown enough to be considered.
Boherlug (IRE) 50-1 (12-0) Mid-division and well off pace, slight mistakes 5th and 7th, no threat from 3 out, 7th of 14, dist behind Forrard Away (12-0) at Ballinrobe 2m 1f Soft - Heavy in May.
Fan De Blues (FR) 7-1 (10-8) Rear of mid-division on outer, mistake 2nd, jumped left 5 out, 10th and pushed along 3 out, ridden in moderate 8th 3 out, kept on one pace, 5th of 15, 28 1/4l behind Asterion Forlonge (11-10) at Punchestown 2m 5f hcp Yielding in Apr.
Flindt (IRE) 3-1fav (12-0) Tracked leaders in 5th, ridden from 2 out, kept on one pace, 4th of 12, 6 3/4l behind Dollar Value (11-4) at Kilbeggan 2m hcp gd in May.
Follow The Crowd (IRE) 40-1 (12-0) Rear of mid-division and well off pace, pushed along and no impression 3 out, soon no extra, 8th of 14, dist behind Forrard Away (12-0) at Ballinrobe 2m 1f Soft - Heavy in May.
Jess's Corner (IRE) 300-1 (11-6) In rear when mistake 1st and unseated rider, at Punchestown 2m 4f Soft - Heavy in Nov.
Neptunus Equester (IRE) 40-1 (12-0) Rear of mid-division and well off pace, no threat from 5 out, kept on one pace in straight, 7th of 10, dist behind Antey (12-0) at Limerick 2m 4f gd in May.
Raya Time (FR) 8-1 (10-2) Waited with, soon towards rear, headway after 4th, effort straight, kept on without matching winner run-in, 2nd of 19, 2 1/4l behind Sully D'Oc Aa (10-12) at Punchestown 2m hcp Yielding in Apr.
Recent Revelations (IRE) 12-1 (11-8) Tracked leaders, carried left at 4th and lost position, ridden in mid-division 5 out, weakened, pulled up before 2 out, at Ballinrobe 2m 3f hcp sft in May.
Russian Diamond (IRE) 11-8fav (11-3) Prominent, soon tracked leaders, switched right approaching 4th to inner, fell 6th, at Galway 2m 2f (1) sft in Jul.
