Out of an unraced half-sister to Champion Hurdle winner Binocular; overcame inexperience to win going away on debut in a bumper at Thurles in March; tailed off in a Grade 2 event at Aintree the following month; only 4-1 then, rider reported he was "never travelling"; unseated at the first when joint-favourite on hurdling debut at Thurles.
Dual point-to-point winner; made a positive start on the track when taking a distant third of 15 in a Listowel festival bumper; no impact in two maiden hurdle outings.
74-rated Flat recruit (won a 1m4f handicaps) returned from long layoff with a tame effort when a beaten favourite on hurdles debut at the Galway festival (2m1f, good); reported to have burst blood vessels at Listowel; stable's apparent second-string now and best watched.
Half-brother to French winners at below 1m; dam unplaced, half-sister to two Listed winners; ordinary form in points, two fourth placings, but soundly beaten; the drop in trip and switch to hurdling may help
Third in a well-contested point-to-point at Dromahane in April for Roger McGrath; respectable fourth on hurdling/stable debut at Limerick; did best of the remainder in a Punchestown maiden dominated by the subsequent Royal Bond winner Koktail Brut and smart bumper horse Colcannon; tongue-tie added now.
Remote eighth after being badly hampered at the fourth on debut at Punchestown; had plenty of horses behind him then; kept on from the pace when 26l fourth over 2m here five weeks ago; may need further than this
French Flat winner; also placed over hurdles on heavy ground at Pau last December; takes a huge drop in class after Grade 1 bids in the Triumph won by stablemate Poniros and the Punchestown Grade 1 won by Lulamba; sixth-best of the Mullins 11 in the Triumph; hard to assess, but probably the one to beat.
Point winner; hampered and unseated when looking set for a Down Royal win, though it should be noted that he owed his chance at that stage to the fall of his odds-on stablemate Theflyingking; reserve.
1/5 Odds Place 1,2,3
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