made all, soon clear, reduced advantage 5 out, left clear 4 out, easily
chased leader in 2nd early, 3rd from 3rd, dropped off leaders 6 out, left moderate 2nd 4 out, ridden and no impression, kept on one pace
chased leaders, moderate 2nd from 3rd, closed 6 out, fell 4 out
settled in rear, poor 4th from 6 out, left 3rd 4 out, pulled up quickly next
Busy Monkey looks up against it in this company and though Unanswered has won a couple of point-to-points, he's struggled in three starts over regulation fences this year. A prolific winner between the flags, Royal Ranger has just the single chase victory to his name and has a bit to find with ROWDY RAMPAGE on last month's running at Limavady. The latter arrives on the back of a couple of point-to-point wins and went close in a maiden hunter chase at Downpatrick in March. He gets the vote here on only his fourth start in a chase.
Rowdy Rampage (IRE) 1-2 (12-0) Ld & disp, chall & hdd last, rallied to ld late, won at Maralin 3m ire ptp gd in Apr beating Theroadtocroker (12-0) by hd, 5 ran.
Royal Ranger (IRE) 5-4 (11-7) Ww, prog to ldrs 5out, ld 4out, hdd & wknd aftr 3out, noex, 5th of 8, 23l behind Lord Multifix (11-7) at Largy 3m ire ptp gd in Apr.
Unanswered 20-1 (11-1) Rear of mid-division, moderate 8th halfway, no impression in 5th after 3 out, kept on one pace, 4th of 19, 20l behind Good Egg (11-2) at Down Royal 2m 4f hts chs hvy in Mar.
Busy Monkey 25-1 (11-2) Soon towards rear, struggling from halfway, tailed off, 13th of 15, well behind Jamie's Darling (11-2) at Cork 2m mrs N H flat gd in Apr.
