★ Recent form analyst notes

• Pos 5 7 Sep Galway (IRE)

  Held up at back - clipped first fence - up to fifth by fifth then fourth briefly before dropping back to fifth - lost touch after three out - drifted left two out - unable to close - lost more ground after final flight - finished well beaten in fifth

• Pos 15 30 Apr Punchestown

  Sat handy behind the front group - second passing halfway - shared the advantage two out - pushed along and overtaken entering the run-in before fading out of contention

• Pos 3 4 Apr Fairyhouse

  Held up in the middle of the field - up with the front group by halfway - 4th four out - minor error at the following fence - moved to 2nd two out - contested the front two out - pushed along and overtaken before the last - third with a small blunder at the last - unable to make any ground and plugged on at the one speed

• Pos 1 3 Mar Leopardstown

  Held up towards the back - still only 7th at halfway - moved into contention with two out and up to third early in the straight - hit the front at the last - pushed out to assert and stayed on strongly for the win

Per-race notes from official racing analyst commentary.