held up in rear, progress into close 6th 4 out, close 4th 2 out, improved to lead and ridden on inner at last, strongly pressed inside final furlong, headed narrowly and no extra close home
mid-division, closer in 5th 4 out, ridden in 4th next, soon no impression
towards rear, reminder 7th, progress 5 out, 4th next, ridden in 3rd 3 out, improved to dispute lead 2 out, headed at last, kept on same pace in 3rd run-in
tracked leaders, reminder 7th and soon lost position, trailing from 11th, behind when pulled up before 4 out
tracked leaders, 6th when bad mistake 5 out, no impression from 3 out, soon weakened, pulled up after last
prominent, led from 3rd, joined 3 out, soon ridden and headed, weakened
held up in rear, progress into 7th 4 out, ridden in close 6th on outer 2 out, 5th at last, headway early run-in, stayed on well to lead narrowly close home
prominent, improved to dispute lead 3 out, ridden and strongly pressed next, headed at last, no extra run-in
led, headed 3rd, ridden after 4 out and lost position, moderate 7th 2 out, kept on without threatening from last
mid-division, moderate 8th 4 out, soon ridden and no impression
After numerous near misses, Heavenly Brook finally doubled his tally over fences at Clonmel though he's never faced an extreme test of stamina. Bose Ikard completed a hat-trick in August though two of those victories were over hurdles. He looked as though he'd had enough when well beaten in the Troytown Handicap at Navan in November and has had a nice break. JUPITOR has no problems with the trip as he showed when a very good third at Punchestown last month when he had More Madness just behind. David Mullins is tremendous value for his claim and he can steer Paul Nolan's charge to another victory. Betterthanalright is still 9lb higher than his only success over fences and was beaten a long way at Thurles last time. Keep On Track did very well to score over two miles at Down Royal last month as he's much more effective on cross-country circuits.
Man With Van (IRE) 7-2 (11-3) Held up towards rear, headway before 5 out to chase leaders, ridden before 2 out, no extra from last, 4th of 7, 5l behind Presenting Junior (10-6) at Ayr 2m 4f hcp chs 0-140 (3) sft.
Bose Ikard (IRE) 16-1 (10-4) Soon chased leaders, 8th at 8th, no extra from before 2 out, 14th of 25, 30l behind Balbriggan (9-12) at Navan 3m hcap ch sft in Nov.
Jupitor (IRE) 11-1 (11-5) Held up, slight mistake 2nd, 11th from 8th, 7th before straight, no impression and one pace from 2 out, 5th of 16, 26l behind Miss Xian (10-1) at Naas 3m hcp chs in Feb.
Allied Victory (IRE) 10-1 (9-9) Led, ridden and headed entering straight, no extra in 5th 2 out, kept on one pace, 5th of 8, 24l behind Miss Xian (9-10) at Naas 3m hcap ch sft.
More Madness (IRE) 14-1 (11-0) Soon mid-division, slight mistake 5th, 10th from 8th, slight mistake 11th, close up 3 out, 3rd before straight, no impression approaching last, one pace, 3rd of 16, 18l behind Miss Xian (10-1) at Naas 3m hcp chs in Feb.
Heavenly Brook (IRE) 7-1 (10-8) Led, soon joined, led again 4th, pressed but still travelling smoothly straight, ridden out and stayed on well run-in, won at Clonmel 2m 5f cond hcap ch sft beating He Rock's (10-12) by 2 1/2l, 7 ran.
Riverside City (IRE) 11-2 (11-12) Held up, 7th from 5th, moderate 6th approaching straight, moderate 3rd after 3 out, one pace, 3rd of 8, 42l behind Azorian (11-12) at Navan 2m 4f beg chase hvy.
Keep On Track (IRE) 9-2 (10-13) Prominent, soon 2nd, slightly slow 5th, no impression before 2 out where jumped slightly right, no extra and pulled up last, in a race won by The Parishioner (11-0) at Navan 2m 1f hcp chs hvy, 9 ran.
Betterthanalright (IRE) 11-1 (10-0) Led and disputed lead, headed before 4 out, no impression in 5th and slight mistake next, moderate 4th approaching last, 4th of 10, 34l behind Captainofthefleet (11-3) at Thurles 3m hcp hdl hvy in Feb.
Waltz Legend (IRE) 18-1 (10-13) Led soon clear, headed 17th, outpaced next, rallied 3 out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 7, 41l behind Chavoy (11-7) at Ayr 3m 3f hcp chs 0-120 (4) hvy in Feb.
