Held up in last, niggled along briefly 4th, close 5th 2 out, headway and ridden in 3rd entering straight, headway to lead after last, stayed on well inside final furlong tchd 11/2
Tracked leaders in 3rd on inner, 2nd and not fluent 2 out, improved to dispute lead entering straight, pushed along approaching last, mistake at last and ridden, soon headed, kept on same pace in 2nd inside final furlong op 1/2
Tracked leaders in 4th, pushed along briefly 5th, closer in 3rd 2 out, ridden and disputed lead entering straight, mistake at last and soon headed, no extra in 3rd inside final furlong op 8/1 tchd 7/1
Held up in 5th, closer in 4th on outer 3 out, ridden in 4th entering straight, moderate 4th at last, kept on without threatening inside final furlong op 20/1 tchd 16/1
Crack Mome (4/11), Any Second Now (6/1), Runfordave (9/1), Dr Mikey (14/1), Coquine D'aunou (18/1), Calino D'Airy (33/1)
An intriguing six-runner field where none are easily ruled out. CRACK MOME obliged without muss fuss on his Clonmel debut and runner-up Coquine D'aunou has since landed a facile Limerick success to frank that form. Hard to see those placings reversed here. Run For Dave took a fall last time out and with the drop in trip, he has questions to answer on his fourth hurdles start. Any Second Now was a shock debut winner and, while he did it well, Dr Mikey potentially rates a bigger danger if permitted a handy lead.
1. Crack Mome
2. Dr Mikey
3. Coquine D'aunou