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Selection |
Form |
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- Ambitious Fellow
- J Coen / Peter Fahey
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122
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10/1 |
Ambitious Fellow
Has been out of form in recent times; has not shown himself to be natural jumper; his five runs over fences have seen him fall twice; his other runs in this sphere have not convinced either.
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- Encanto Bruno
- K M Donoghue / G P Cromwell
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120
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3/1 |
Encanto Bruno
Bumper and hurdles winner; rated 139 over hurdles; has shown little in five starts since last winning a novice hurdle at Cheltenham in October 2023; lost his action on beginners' chase debut when pulled up last October; returned last month and was beaten 20l into second; he has the ability but he needs a revival.
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- Intellotto
- J J Slevin / J P O'Brien
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7/4 |
Intellotto
Returned from 240-day break when finishing 0.75l behind Jigoro last month; ran some nice races in a Flat campaign last summer; 2-5 over hurdles and has run in two Grade 1s in that sphere; if he takes to chasing at the first attempt, he may have enough to take this.
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- Jigoro
- Sam Ewing / G Elliott
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118
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7/4 |
Jigoro
Finished 0.75l in front of Intellotto when second over hurdles at Cork last month; beaten on Thurles chase debut in November despite being sent off at odds of 4-9; showed a tendency to jump left on that occasion; chance if he can translate hurdles form to chasing.
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- Minella Sergeant
- J G Gilligan / P J Gilligan
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33/1 |
Minella Sergeant
Beaten by large margins on all point and bumper starts; first run for new trainer here having switched from Emmet Mullins; hard to envision him winning.
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- Star In The Park
- G Brouder / D E Fitzgerald
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66/1 |
Star In The Park
Tries fences for the first time but his hurdles form does not provide much encouragement.
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