30/04/2025
held up in mid-division on outside, reached at 7th, hampered and pushed right 15th, closed 18th, challenged 3 out, led before 2 out, headed just before last, no impression on winner flat, kept on, 2nd of 9, 6l behind Inothewayurthinkin (11-10), at Cheltenham (1) Good to Soft in March
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Deprived of a third Cheltenham Gold Cup triumph by Inothewayurthinkin following a thoroughly satisfactory preparation in the shape of two Leopardstown wins, following the same pattern as last season, 2-6 record at this venue is the principal negative, especially since two of his defeats were inflicted by Fastorslow in this race, less worryingly, twice beaten over 2m4f here in the John Durkan on his seasonal debut, though Spillane's Tower got the better of the duel for second here last December.