chased leader, 2nd halfway, pressed leader from before 4 out, disputed 3 out, narrow lead after 2 out, ridden to assert before last, kept on strongly
held up behind leaders, 3rd halfway, improved to challenge 2 out, ridden in 2nd before last, no impression run-in and kept on same pace
held up in rear, 4th 3 out, ridden and no impression before 2 out, moderate 3rd last and slight mistake, kept on one pace
soon settled behind leaders, 4th halfway, dropped to rear 3 out, soon ridden and no impression, kept on one pace
led, pressed from before 4 out, disputed 3 out, ridden and headed after 2 out, soon no extra, moderate 4th last, kept on one pace
De Plotting Shed has to concede plenty of weight here but was a very convincing winner over this trip at Navan on his reappearance. He'll make a bold bid to complete the double but BENTELIMAR looks to have the edge providing he can be forgiven a poor effort at Punchestown last week. Shay Barry's seven-year-old had finished in front of Gordon Elliott's charge in a tough Punchestown handicap in April when conceding 12lb so should be capable of taking care of him again despite the latter having a claimer on board. Val De Ferbet is a very useful hurdler on his day though the Grade 2 winning chaser will be heading back to the bigger obstacles before long and could just find the ground a bit lively. Letter Of Credit and Maggio are also chasers and the latter produced a real shock when landing a Listed contest at Aintree in April.
De Plotting Shed (IRE) 15-8jfav (11-5) Held up, soon raced in 4th, closed travelling smoothly 3 out, challenged 2 out, led last, ridden out to assert run-in, soon clear and stayed on well, won at Navan 2m 6f Yielding in Sep beating Moylisha Tim (11-10) by 8 1/2l, 5 ran.
Bentelimar (IRE) 2-1fav (11-5) Towards rear, pushed along 6th in last, soon no impression, one pace, 6th of 7, 22 1/2l behind Hidden Cyclone (11-9) at Punchestown 2m gd in Oct.
Letter Of Credit (IRE) 14-1 (11-2) Always in rear, bad mistake 2nd, no impression before 4 out, no extra, 4th of 5, dist behind Kylecrue (11-2) at Listowel 2m 4f Soft - Heavy in Sep.
Maggio (FR) 16-1 (11-2) Settled 3rd early, rear from 3rd, slight mistake 5 out, ridden after 4 out, no impression next, weakened before 2 out, last of 4, 24l behind Clarcam (11-2) at Killarney 2m 5f (1) gd in May.
Val De Ferbet (FR) 7-2 (11-0) Tracked leaders on outer, bad mistake 3rd and dropped to last next, not fluent at 7th and 8th, 5th when slightly hampered 10th, ridden from 3 out, no impression in moderate 4th from 2 out, slight mistake at last, 4th of 7, 31l behind Alelchi Inois (11-0) at Punchestown 2m 6f gd in Jun.
