G Dunlop Electrical Handicap

Managed a sequence of fourth places in big-field handicaps during April/May; best effort when beaten under 3l in a 27-runner contest at the Curragh; slowly away when failing to run up his best in first-time blinkers at Navan; visor refitted now instead,

Good form this year, winning at Dundalk and the Curragh over this trip, in between runner-up at Bellewstown; signs are that he is too high in the ratings now.

Two-time AW winner at 5f-6f for Jonathan Portman; blood noted at both nostrils after a poor C&D run on his Irish debut.

Gained an overdue first success in a 5f Dundalk maiden last December; solid form when second in two 6f handicaps at the same venue in January; not as good on turf, though ran creditably after a break when fifth behind Nouvel Espoir at Cork last week.

Three AW runs during the winter,, improvement in evidence on third attempt; good third in Cork maiden at this trip in April; failed to build on that at Tipperary later that month; more like it when at the same venue last month; opening mark seems reasonable; relatively unexposed.