Willie Mullins should dominate this with KALKIR and Buiseness Sivola. The former landed a Grade 3 on his debut for the yard at Fairyhouse last November then was narrowly defeated in two higher grade events before pulling up at Cheltenham. There should be much more to come this campaign and he's just given the vote over his stable companion, who went back to France for a Grade 1 in June and was by no means disgraced. High Stratos has been highly tried since landing a Navan maiden in March and ran well behind two useful rivals at Punchestown a fortnight ago while Diamond Cauchois is an unknown having landed a minor bumper in France before two fair efforts over hurdles.
High Stratos 14-1 (11-9) Soon raced in 4th, pushed along 6th, slight mistake 7th, no impression from before 2 out, kept on in 3rd straight, 3rd of 7, 8 1/4l behind Thomas Hobson (11-8) at Punchestown 2m 4f sft in Dec.
Buiseness Sivola (FR) 14-1 (10-7) 5th of 10, 13 3/4l behind Blue Dragon (10-7) at Auteuil 2m 3f hvy in Jun.
Diamond Cauchois (FR) (10-2) 4th of 18, 5 1/2l behind Vicomte D'anjou (10-10) at Clairefontaine 2m 1f hcp sft in Jun.
Kalkir (FR) 20-1 (11-0) Mid-division in touch on inside, lost place when not fluent 2 out, soon weakened, behind when pulled up before last, at Cheltenham 2m 1f (1) sft in Mar.
