A hopeful vote goes to SESKIN FLASh who shaped quite well over a longer trip at Cork on his final start before joining Philip Dempsey. The trip is a concern for 2m AW handicap winner El Dorado Rock. High Honour outran his odds last week and could feature again. Bayou Belle is highly consistent but lacks a recent run and may need better ground. Comanche Moon, Its Never Simple and Choose Your Answer are potential dark horses. [Alan Sweetman]
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Galway festival winner on the Flat in 2023 for Emmet Mullins; 0-9 hurdling, and twice a beaten favourite for Mullins; Limerick fifth in December was satisfactory; has failed to progress from that.
Lost form after 2m1f Sligo win last August, struggling in races at 2m4f; drop in trip produced a return to form in a 2m event at Leopardstown last Sunday, when he finished second at 33-1; each-way chance if repeating that form.
33-race maiden under all codes; highly consistent last summer/autumn; made the frame in all six handicap hurdle runs between July and October; showed her best form in finishing second in three races at Wexford; best on a sound surface, may find this too testing after a break.
Beaten an average of around 70l in four maiden starts; got closest so far on latest when 42l eighth of 18 at Clonmel; hard to assess but opening mark seems high; worth a check in the market all the same.
Flat winner; 0-14 over hurdles, placed only once; recent form provides no encouragement; down the field as the outsider of three runners for the stable in a recent claimer at Clonmel.
Respectable efforts in a couple of maiden hurdles on good ground last June; not a bad effort in mid-field at Thurles in November in first handicap; improved from that when fourth in a 22-runner contest over 2m4f at Cork in December; first run for Philip Dempsey who drops him back to 2m.
Sole win came over hurdles at Thurles in March 2023; last three runs have been over fences; second at Punchestown on penultimate start, but beaten 10l.
Three-time Flat winner; never in the first three over hurdles, though has shown some ability in handicaps at Downpatrick; needs to improve from stable debut at Fairyhouse.
Big price in four maiden outings and same story on handicap debut when in rear over C&D trip last April; tongue-tie fitted now; precautionary market check advised.
Made the frame for the first time at Limerick in November but was beaten 21l in fourth; questions to answer after a disappointing Clonmel run in January; 7-2 chance on that occasion, unwise to rule out.
Ordinary form in maidens; little encouragement from two handicap attempts last autumn; gave an improved display when third at Punchestown 13 days ago though that was over 2m4f.
Ordinary form in three maiden runs for Willie Mullins; beaten 23l in first start for this yard in a mares' maiden at Fairyhouse; dropped away rapidly from two out on handicap debut at Leopardstown on Monday; quick reappearance suggests an excuse may have been found for her poor effort.
1-22 over hurdles; C&D win early last year came out of the blue; has failed to show similar form since; pulled up at Clonmel last month on first run since last May.
14-race maiden, placed twice late in 2024; encouraging second at Clonmel in December; tended to jump left at Fairyhouse 11 days later; needs to bounce back from a below-par display at Down Royal.
Best effort over hurdles when fifth at Roscommon last June; jumped poorly in a chase at Thurles last time; trainer probably has a better chance with Mayos Vendangeur.
Won a 1m claimer on the Flat for Nigel Slevin last May; has shown little in four maiden runs over hurdles for this yard; makes handicap debut, premature to write off.
Final hurdle run last term was promising, fourth in a 15-runner handicap over 2m6f at Down Royal; poor run when 6-1 in a 3m Punchestown handicap in December; restored to form on Flat when winning a 2m handicap at Dundalk in January; 2m may be a bit sharp over hurdles.
