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Selection |
Form |
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Guide |
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- Galen
- D McMonagle / J P O'Brien
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124
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4/1 |
Galen
Both wins last year came at 1m; fair form in 1m1f Meydan races in the opening months of the year; stepped up considerably on previous Pattern-race efforts when making all to defeat Ballydoyle's Jan Brueghel in a Group 3 event over C&D last month; needs to perform a bigger giant-killing act now.
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- Los Angeles
- R L Moore / A P O'Brien
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130
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EVS |
Los Angeles
Last year's Derby third and Irish Derby winner, beat stablemate Illinois in the Great Voltigeur; top-class form at this trip when close up fourth in Irish Champion Stakes before fine third in the Arc; race possibly came too soon when flopped 13 days later back at 1m2f in Champion Stakes; reported off feed when missing intended return in race won by Galen; should be fit enough.
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- Sons And Lovers
- C D Hayes / J P O'Brien
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113
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40/1 |
Sons And Lovers
Long-priced winner on only juvenile start; several good runs in defeat last season for Jane Chapple-Hyam, notably at this trip in Listed company at Newbury and Deauville; on final start soft ground probably not ideal at Newmarket; gelded over the winter; made a solid start for Joseph O'Brien when third behind Galen over C&D; well held.
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- Sunchart
- A J Slattery / A Slattery
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117
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50/1 |
Sunchart
Started the season as customary in a Listed race at Naas; confirmed his liking for the venue and soft ground with an emphatic win, so that his form figures for the event are now 2211; aiming high here and the going will not be ideal.
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- Trustyourinstinct
- D P McDonogh / J P O'Brien
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121
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17/2 |
Trustyourinstinct
Won a 1m4f Group 3 on good ground at Leopardstown last season; also boasts smart form in Group 3 races over C&D, beaten only a neck by the odds-on Jan Brueghel in the International Stakes in July and half a length off the odds-on Continuous in the Royal Whip in August; third to Sunchart at Naas in March; may reverse the form on better ground.
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- White Birch
- C T Keane / J J Murphy
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134
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5/2 |
White Birch
Excellent third behind Auguste Rodin in 2023 Derby after Leopardstown Group 3 win and second in the Dante; in rear in the Irish Derby and not at best at Leopardstown on final start at three; began last season with Group 3 C&D wins in the Alleged Stakes and this race before mastering August Rodin readily in the Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup; training issues kept him off after.
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