★ Recent form analyst notes

• Pos 2 17 Jul Killarney (IRE)

  midfield early - fifth at halfway - mistake and lightly hampered 3 out - driven after that fence - under pressure again after 2 out - made ground to share the advantage at the last - found nothing more inside the final 50 yards and denied by a short margin

• Pos 6 1 Jun Gowran Park

  Settled midpack early - 7th at halfway - made ground into the straight - 5th and pushed along 2f out but soon held with no further threat

• Pos 6 5 Oct Tipperary

  Held up in the pack - pushed along with 3f left before slipping to the back 2f out - soon lost touch and beaten off

• Pos 9 23 Sep Listowel

  Race up with the pace early - settled just behind the front group before slipping back into the pack by halfway - pressed for effort but couldn't find more from 2f out finishing well held

Per-race notes from official racing analyst commentary.