Attercliffe looks set to follow up
Noel Meade's highly-regarded three-year-old, whose future is obviously over jumps, made a fine start at Roscommon earlier this month.
The trainer's fears the course mightn't suit the Alhaarth gelding proved unfounded and the 16-1 shot strode home four and a half lengths clear of October Sky.
He handled the testing conditions really well and, over this galloping track and entitled to come on plenty for the experience, has to get the vote.
The versatile Silent Oscar, who has changed stables since finishing runner-up to Warrens Castle at Leopardstown in June, is the main danger.
Aidan O'Brien runs no less than four in the Josephine Fitzpatrick Navan Lady Golf Captain Maiden and has the first reserve to boot.
In any case his Anton Chekhov looks very much the one they all have to beat. He ran as green as grass on his debut at Cork when third behind the impressive Dermot Weld-trained General Consul.
Anton Chekhov went well wide off the home turn, before running on again in the closing stages. As a son of Montjeu the ground should not be a worry.
The progressive Laywaan is fancied to complete a hat-trick of successes in the Paris Here We Come Handicap.
She showed her liking for course, distance and surface eight days ago when scoring by two and a half lengths. A rise of 9lbs, and a better-class contest, make this a difficult enough assignment, but the credit side is that the sixth horse at Navan, Shaykhan, went in at the Curragh on Sunday.
