HIS recent appearances on the track have been fleeting but granted a trouble free run, Cilaos Emery looks ready to make up for lost time on the evidence of an impressive comeback in the Grade 3 Poplar Square Chase.

The Willie Mullins-trained seven-year-old old got to run once last season when he posted a striking effort to land a Gowran Park beginners’ chase in which he had the Arkle Chase winner Duc Des Genievres back in third. That impressive chasing debut was etched into the memory though and the Luke McMahon-owned son of Califet was returned at 4/9 under Paul Townend.