held up towards rear, headway into 4th travelling well 3 out, 3rd next, soon ridden, no impression in 3rd run-in
tracked leaders, ridden in 5th after 3 out, slight mistake next, no impression
tracked leader in 2nd, 3rd at 5th, 2nd and mistake 3 out, led before next, soon ridden, headed before last, stayed on well in 2nd run-in, strongly pressed winner to line
tracked leaders in 3rd, went 2nd at 5th, 3rd 3 out, 2nd next and soon ridden, improved to lead before last, stayed on well run-in, all out inside final furlong
led, jumped right at 4th, ridden and headed after 3 out, 4th next ,soon no impression
tracked leaders, bad mistake and unseated rider 3rd
held up in 6th, 4th and bad mistake 4 out, soon ridden and weakened, trailing straight
always behind, slight mistake 1st and hampered 3rd, dropped behind after 4 out, eased from 2 out
Roaring Bull looked likely to finish runner-up at Thurles before falling at the last and is weighted to beat stablemate Cartwright and maiden hurdle winner Celtic Rising on these terms. Articulum was well beaten in that Thurles race while the four-year-old Rock De Baune debuts for new connections having won a conditions hurdle in France back in October. Draconien may do better back over 2m today having failed to land the odds at Clonmel but it could pay to stick with the other Willie Mullins' runner, NESSUN DORMA, who followed a maiden success with an comfortable win at Gowran when giving the impression there was plenty more to come.
Nessun Dorma (IRE) 2-5fav (11-7) Made all, went clear after 2 out, pushed along briefly run-in, stayed on strongly, easily, won at Gowran Park 2m gf in Jun beating Treasure Chest (11-7) by 5 1/2l, 9 ran.
Another Barney (IRE) 7-2 (11-8) Led early, tracked leader and 2nd halfway, close up when bad mistake 2 out, pushed along and soon dropped towards rear, no extra and slow last, last of 5, 24l behind Hardline (11-12) at Punchestown 2m lst (1) hvy in Feb.
Articulum (IRE) 4-1 (11-0) 4th of 6, 28l behind Blow By Blow (11-0) at Thurles 2m 4f (1) sft in Feb.
Cartwright 4-1 (11-3) Tracked leader in 2nd, dropped to 3rd 3 out, ridden in 2nd again before 2 out, dropped to moderate 3rd at last, no extra run-in and dropped to 4th close home, 4th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Hardline (11-7) at Naas 2m (1) sft in Feb.
Celtic Rising (IRE) 7-4fav (11-4) Chased clear leader, headway to lead approaching 4 out, travelled well 2 out and asserted before last, stayed on well run-in, easily, won at Down Royal 2m mdn hvy in Jan beating Falak (11-10) by 6l, 20 ran.
Draconien (FR) 4-5fav (11-7) In rear, improved into 3rd from 4 out, 2nd before straight, no impression from 2 out, not fluent last, one pace, 2nd of 6, 22l behind Beyond The Law (11-9) at Clonmel 2m 3f hvy in Jan.
Roaring Bull (IRE) 8-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders, 2nd after 6th, disputed 4 out and led before next, headed 2 out, ridden and no impression on winner when fell last, at Thurles 2m 4f (1) sft in Feb.
Rock De Baune (FR) (10-7) won at Auteuil 2m 1f hvy in Oct beating Klassical Dream (10-7) by 1l, 16 ran.
