disputed early, chased leaders from before 2nd, disputed again before 5th, 3rd and mistake 6th, disputed brielfy again after 3 out, ridden in 3rd entering straight, no impression in 4th 2 out, kept on one pace, 3rd close home
settled behind leaders, 5th halfway, ridden and no extra before straight, slight mistake 2 out, soon pulled up
led and disputed, ridden and headed after 3 out, no impression in 3rd 2 out, kept on one pace, lost 3rd close home
mid-division, 8th halfway, ridden and no extra 3 out, weakened and completely tailed off
disputed and ran freely early, chased leader from before 2nd, slight mistake 4th, disputed from before 5th, ridden in lead after 2 out, headed before last, disputed again run-in, no extra in 2nd close home
settled behind leaders, 6th halfway, no impression before straight, mistake 2 out, no extra
mid-division, 7th halfway, ridden and weakened 4 out, pulled up before next
chased leaders, slight mistake 5th, 4th halfway, improved to disputed entering straight, ridden to narrow lead before last, mistake last, soon disputed run-in, kept on well to assert close home
rear and not fluent, slight mistake 3rd and pushed along, weakened after 6th, pulled up before 4 out
held up towards rear, ridden in moderate 7th and no impression entering straight, kept on one pace
It's difficult to know what to make of Henry Howard, an eight-year-old making his racecourse debut. The fact that he's still in training with Willie Mullins suggests he's thought capable of winning but he could just need the experience. Blessed King hasn't done much wrong, has no problems with the trip or ground and should reach a place but a chance is taken with GRAN CAVALLO. He made his debut in a point-to-point at Templenacarriga just eleven days ago and was very impressive in scoring by a dozen lengths. Air Command has also won between the flags but hasn't shown much over hurdles while Justforjames made far too many mistakes at Tramore last month.
Justforjames (IRE) 14-1 (11-12) Led, headed after 2nd and mistake next, 2nd halfway, slight mistake 3 out, dropped to 3rd before next, ridden and no impression on easy winner approaching last, kept on one pace, 3rd of 8, 19 3/4l behind Arkwrisht (11-4) at Tramore 2m 5f mdn hvy in Dec.
Air Command (IRE) 16-1 (11-12) Chased leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along and no extra approaching 2 out, weakened, behind and pulled up before last, at Leopardstown 2m 4f mdn hvy in Dec.
Blessed King (IRE) 4-1 (11-12) Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, progress to dispute 3 out, ridden and headed entering straight, no impression in 3rd after 2 out, not fluent last, kept on one pace, 3rd of 13, 4 3/4l behind Dont Tell No One (11-12) at Fairyhouse 2m 4f mdn hvy in Jan.
Caniwillyegiveme (IRE) 66-1 (11-12) Towards rear, not fluent 1st, 11th halfway, pushed along in 8th 2 out and soon no extra, 8th of 13, dist behind Our Duke (11-12) at Leopardstown 2m 4f mdn sft in Jan.
Gran Cavallo (IRE) 10-1 (11-10) Prom, 2nd at 3rd, ld frm 6th, 5l adv gng best 2out, sow & went further clr bef last, v impressive, won at Templenacarriga 3m mdn Soft - Heavy in Jan beating Quarry Wizard (12-1) by 12l, 10 ran.
Henry Howard (IRE) Flemensfirth gelding out of Henrietta Howard.
On De Ball (IRE) 33-1 (11-4) Mid-division early, dropped towards rear 4 out, ridden and weakened next, tailed off, 9th of 10, dist behind For Freddie (11-4) at Clonmel 2m 4f mdn hvy in Dec.
Oscar Lantern (IRE) 50-1 (11-12) Towards rear, some headway from 4 out, soon pushed along and no impression, no extra from 3 out, 7th of 11, 34 1/4l behind Bellshill (11-12) at Cork 2m mdn hvy in Nov.
Majnoon (IRE) 7-1 (11-11) Alw rr, bhnd & pu 7th, at Monksgrange 3m mdn hvy in Mar.
Kiera Royale (IRE) 50-1 (11-5) Chased leaders on inner, 6th halfway, pushed along after 2 out and no impression in 7th last, kept on one pace, 6th of 18, 14 1/2l behind Pride Of The Braid (11-7) at Leopardstown 2m mdn sft in Jan.
