chased leader in 2nd, a little slow 4 out, brought towards near side in straight, challenged 3 out and jumped a little right last 3, struggling to match leader when left clear 2 out, steadied into last, stayed on well run-in, comfortably
chased leaders, slight mistake 7th, soon moderate 3rd, left a place better from 2 out, kept on same pace and dropped to 3rd again near finish
held up, a little slow at 3rd, moderate 6th when fell 7 out
held up, moderate 4th approaching 7 out, no extra from before straight
soon in rear, trailing when mistake 7th, jumped left 6 out, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
chased leaders, moderate 5th from before 7 out, soon no danger, left a place better from 2 out, kept on without troubling winner into moderate 2nd near finish
led and clear, reduced lead 3 out, soon went on again travelling smoothly, fell 2 out
Castle Wings has now had twelve starts over fences without scoring but keeps bumping into useful winners and should be scoring soon. However, he's now up against a potentially smart novice in BLOOD COTIL and has to concede him 11lb, which looks beyond him. Willie Mullins' youngster, a Grade 2 winner over hurdles as a three-year-old, produced an outstanding performance to beat stablemate Diakali and some highly-rated French hopes in a Grade 3 at Auteuil in May where the very testing ground played to his strengths. He makes his chasing debut here and could go all the way to the top. The remainder will need mishaps to the main contenders to get involved with Our Ollie possibly the best of them.
Castle Wings (IRE) 9-2 (10-2) Chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden into 2nd before straight, under pressure in 3rd before 2 out, kept on one pace, left moderate 2nd last, 2nd of 16, 15l behind Make A Track (11-0) at Limerick 2m 3f hcp chs 0-145 hvy in Dec.
Leap Dearg (IRE) 66-1 (11-12) Held up, bad mistake 3rd, brought down next,, in a race won by Page Turner (11-5) at Limerick 2m 1f beg chs hvy in Dec, 13 ran.
Merry In Moscow (IRE) 50-1 (11-7) Prominent, weakened after 3 out, 9th of 17, 45l behind Horendus Hulabaloo (11-8) at Limerick 2m 6f mdn hdl sft in Dec.
Our Ollie (IRE) 66-1 (11-2) Raced in 3rd throughout, detached before halfway, remote 3rd 3 out,, last of 3, well behind Un De Sceaux (11-9) at Thurles 2m hdl sft in Dec.
Trixiebarry (IRE) 16-1 (11-7) Rear of mid-division, never a factor, 11th of 17, 14l behind Do Ya Feel Lucky (12-0) at Tipperary 2m 2f N H flat gf in May '12.
West Council (IRE) 66-1 (9-4) Soon mid-division, 10th early, no impression from before 2 out, 10th of 14, 46l behind Viaduct Joey (10-9) at Galway 2m 6f hcp hdl 8Evens30 hvy in Oct.
Blood Cotil (FR) 8-1 (10-1) won at Auteuil(FR) 2m 3f 4yo hdl Grd 3 (1) sft in May beating Diakali (10-5) by 1l, 10 ran.
