No. |
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Selection |
Form |
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Guide |
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- Pied Piper
- K C Sexton / G Elliott
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151
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11/8 |
Pied Piper
Talented hurdler and has taken well to chasing, winning back-to-back races by 20l at Down Royal (2m4f, good) and by 23l at Killarney 92m7f, yielding) and earning a chase rating of 150; trip and ground fine and though he has to give weight away, he is the one to beat.
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- Midnight Moonshine
- B W Harvey / William Harvey
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99
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80/1 |
Midnight Moonshine
Point-to-point winner; has been well-beaten in a maiden hunter chase at Cork and on debut for this stable in a beginners' chase at Ballinrobe two weeks ago; unlikely to be the answer.
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- Minella Sergeant
- J Smith / P J Gilligan
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126
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33/1 |
Minella Sergeant
Maiden has been beaten a combined distance of 46l in his first two chase starts at Listowel at 2m3f-2m4f; looks up against it. (declared to run 1.30 Punchestown Sunday).
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- Zenta
- G Brouder / W P Mullins
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149
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8/13 |
Zenta
Mare is rated 140 after six chase starts; won a mares' beginners' at Fairyhouse in February (2m5f, sft-hvy); good third in listed handicap chase at that venue on penultimate (2m5f, soft); pulled up at Punchestown latest; looks the main threat to Pied Piper and gets plenty of weight from him but may need softer ground.
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