★ Recent form analyst notes

• Pos 1 24 Aug Ballinrobe (IRE)

  Handy early and drifted left over the opening fence - settled just behind the pace - upsides at halfway - shared the advantage three out - pushed along after the second-last - hit the front early in the straight and stayed on strongly to the line

• Pos 3 14 Jun Downpatrick

  Sat close behind front group early - 4th with four to jump - moved into 2nd approaching three out - pushed along two out then dropped back to 4th unable to close before the last - stayed on at an unchanged effort to finish third

• Pos 5 15 Nov Cheltenham

  Handy early - driven into contention 3f out then pressed for effort 2f out - lost ground final furlong to finish 5th

• Pos 2 18 Oct Limerick

  Tracked the front-runner early - midfield around halfway - driven into second spot with three furlongs left - asked for more approaching the final furlong but had little left and stayed on at one gait to finish second beaten a length and a quarter

Per-race notes from official racing analyst commentary.