| Pos | Horse / Form | Age/Wgt | Jockey / Trainer | OR | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 |
6y 168 lbs |
Sean Bowen Billy Aprahamian |
100 | 3/1 | |
| 10 |
8y 152 lbs |
Beau Morgan(5) Rob Summers |
84 | – | |
| 11 |
7y 149 lbs |
James Best Alexandra Dunn |
81 | – | |
| UR |
5y 166 lbs |
James Bowen Warren Greatrex |
98 | 7/1 | |
| 2 |
6y 167 lbs |
Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero |
99 | – | |
| 🥉 3rd |
8y 166 lbs |
Sam Twiston-Davies Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies |
98 | 3/1 | |
| 🥈 2nd |
9y 164 lbs |
Conor Ring Mrs C Williams |
96 | 7/2 | |
| 🥇 1st |
8y 156 lbs |
Rian Corcoran(5) Gordon Treacy |
88 | 11/4F | |
| 5 |
7y 166 lbs |
Sarah Humphrey |
98 | – | |
| 7 |
9y 163 lbs |
Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero |
95 | – | |
| 9 |
5y 154 lbs |
Mrs C Williams |
86 | – |
This looks tricky but the Taunton winner APPLICATIONFORCASH gets the vote ahead of Electric Eddy and chase debutant Alba Crus.
With pretty much all runners around the same level of form over the past 2 years, this looks like ALBA CRUZ’s race to lose. Yes, it’s a chase debut, but he’s the least exposed horse in the field and can easily be much better than the rest. I do feel off a mark of just 98 ALBA CRUZ can really start improving now and win this race if the jumping goes to plan.
- CONFUCIUS. I watched his win in Ireland and what stood out most was how green he looked during the early stages of the race. However, once he started to understand what was being asked of him, he simply took off and won almost on the bridle by nearly four lengths.
As always, Ryan Moore has had plenty of options and the fact he has chosen to ride this €1.7 million colt speaks volumes. Out of all the runners Aidan O\'Brien sends to the race, this is the one Moore wants to be on. If CONFUCIUS improves again from his debut effort, we could be looking at a very special performance.