★ Recent form analyst notes

• Pos 8 2 Apr Clonmel

  Held up in midfield fighting for a strong grip early - moved into contention after the first and settled behind the front group - 3rd at halfway - asked for effort but couldn't gain ground before 2 out - dropped to 6th at that point - faded to finish 8th

• Pos 9 4 Mar Naas

  Sat close to pace early - pushed along in 4th two out - unable to close - eventually finished 9th

• Pos 3 26 Feb Clonmel

  Set the pace and stretched clear after the first - ran wide rounding the turn before 4th - margin shrunk into the straight - caught 2 out - overtaken before the last - unable to challenge again - eased back to third late on

• Pos 13 15 Jan Fairyhouse

  Settled at the tail of the field early - stayed off the pace throughout - well held at the finish

Per-race notes from official racing analyst commentary.