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Selection |
Form |
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Guide |
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- Ishan
- R Deegan / S Curling
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96
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10/3 |
Ishan
Progressive staying handicap hurdler last season with two wins at Limerick on heavy; handicapper seemed to catch up with him twice afterwards and now reverts to fences on reappearance off a potentially lenient mark (16lb below hurdles mark).
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- Portarlington
- K M Donoghue / Ian Donoghue
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6/1 |
Portarlington
Modest Flat handicapper but improvement on 13th start over hurdles when winning 2m4f Fairyhouse amateur handicap a fortnight ago (good); straight into handicap company on chase debut and heavy ground a concern.
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- Bite That
- A Harvey / P J Flynn
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99
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4/1 |
Bite That
Hasn't won since 2m handicap hurdle win here in August 2022 but comes here in good form in handicap chases, runner-up last three starts on good ground at Gowran and Clonmel (twice); respected but ground could have gone against him.
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- Mastermacblack
- J P Shinnick / P Breen
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96
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50/1 |
Mastermacblack
Well beaten over hurdles and fences since returning from a long break; tongue-tie tried but hard to fancy.
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- Plain Or Battered
- T Power Roche / P J Rothwell
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94
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5/1 |
Plain Or Battered
Consistent over hurdles lately, getting off the mark over 3m at Wexford (soft) although well held off revised mark in similar contest since; fell on handicap chase debut at Limerick back in March so will need to jump much better here but 7lb lower chase mark makes him interesting.
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- Garcon Doux
- D J O'keeffe / P Fenton
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11/2 |
Garcon Doux
Just 1-26 over hurdles, with that win coming at Cork over 2m (soft-to-heavy); back to form of late when placed at both Limerick and Cork on good ground and now makes chase debut.
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- C'est Rien
- D E Mullins / T Mullins
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96
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12/1 |
C'est Rien
Winning chase debut here over 2m7f in September (good) but hasn't coped with 6lb rise twice since; has form on heavy ground but improvement clearly needed.
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- Roman Parish
- C M Quirke / D M O'brien
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93
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12/1 |
Roman Parish
28-race maiden and 0-8 over fences, one of his better recent efforts on latest when fourth at Clonmel early this month; 10l to find with Bite That though.
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- Tangental
- C Stone-Walsh / Colm Murphy
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98
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10/1 |
Tangental
Dual hurdle winner on soft is 0-5 chasing and proving expensive to follow; jumping becoming an issue and needs to improve but remains well handicapped.
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- Starlight Cato
- D King / D Howard
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98
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11/1 |
Starlight Cato
Standout run from eight attempts chasing when second in 3m Navan handicap on testing ground back in January; last month's Galway run should have brought him on so don't rule out.
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- Without Exception
- J P O'sullivan / P J Rothwell
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25/1 |
Without Exception
0-8 over hurdles and best watched on chase debut after seven months absence.
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- Da Big Fella
- M J M O'sullivan / Eamon Courtney
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95
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10/1 |
Da Big Fella
Hasn't won since 2021, a dead-heat success over hurdles; respectable runs at Killarney and Galway since returning last month but more needed to play a major role here.
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- Fr Gilligansvoyge
- J Coen / John G Carr
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98
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22/1 |
Fr Gilligansvoyge
Sole win under Rules came in Punchestown hunters-chase, ran quite well there 11 days ago in 3m1f handicap chase, despite some indifferent jumping; others preferred.
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- Three Loud Knocks
- G Brouder / B Mortell
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86
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80/1 |
Three Loud Knocks
Clonmel handicap chase winner in 2022 (heavy) returns to the track on back of some ordinary point-to-point efforts; visor tried but hard to make a case for.
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- Theblazen Queen
- Reserve 1 / M O Quigley
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95
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16/1 |
Theblazen Queen
First reserve; struggled in handicap chases last season, mildly more encouraging run at Galway last month; tongue-tie added to usual cheekpieces here.
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- Rock On Pedro
- Reserve 2 / E Doyle
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98
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12/1 |
Rock On Pedro
Second reserve; sole win came on the Flat in 2022; promising fourth over fences at Gowran last month and didn't get much luck in running at Clonmel last time; don't dismiss entirely.
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- Coole Arcade
- Reserve 3 / C Coakley
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97
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16/1 |
Coole Arcade
Third reserve; hasn't won over fences in over two years although good second here in August over 2m; too keen and didn't stay 3m1f latest.
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