Crossgales King is clearly a horse that has been held in high regard, given that he was the subject of strong market support prior to his debut at Lingstown last March, which resulted in in the son of Kingston Hill being sent off as the favourite. Having made a couple of jumping errors, he ultimately lost all change when hampered on the bend out of the back straight. However, once re-appearing, he has shown what was clearly expected of him, chasing home the subsequent £165,000 seller Suburban Legend at Quakerstown last month before finishing second once again at Borris House at the beginning of the month. Here, he kept the favourite, a €62,000 store sale purchase honest all the way to the line, only beaten two lengths, as they pulled a notable 13 lengths clear of their rivals in a time that was ten seconds quicker than the second division of the same contest.