★ Recent form analyst notes

• Pos 3 21 Mar Navan

  Sat second early - blundered 4 out - pushed along in second 2 out - locked with front-runner at the last - edged into third final furlong and held with little more to give

• Pos 4 7 Dec Cork

  Sat close behind pace - error 2nd then into 2nd spot 5 out with a slight blunder after - dropped to 3rd and driven following a mistake 2 out - unable to threaten and unsettled at the last - held 4th with nothing more to offer up the run-in

• Pos 1 16 Nov Navan

  Sat close behind pace-setter in 2nd - jumped poorly 4th - into 3rd 3 out - moved up to share advantage going smoothly 2 out - urged into command approaching last - challenged hard but kept finding more to prevail

• Pos 2 1 Nov Down Royal

  Made the running - left at the first and not clean over it - hard at work and under real pressure from 3 out - error 2 out and lost the lead there - unable to peg back the winner - battled for second at the last and secured the position near the line

Per-race notes from official racing analyst commentary.