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Selection |
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- Blood Destiny
- P Townend / W P Mullins
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158
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2/9 |
Blood Destiny
Course winner is 4-11 under Rules and 2-6 over fences; beat Spillane's Tower in a heavy ground Grade 3 novice chase at Navan (2m) in March and followed that with a fine effort behind that rival in a Grade 1 at Fairyhouse over 2m4f, again on heavy; trip and ground were against him on latest and he could get back on track returned to 2m on heavy ground.
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- Arctic Skua
- S F O'keeffe / V Halley
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102
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200/1 |
Arctic Skua
One of two for yard; rated 100 and looks to be miles out of his depth in this company; yard has stronger claims with Senecia.
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- Espanito Bello
- S W Flanagan / B Connell
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154
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7/1 |
Espanito Bello
Five-time course winner at 2m to 3m including the Leinster National in 2023; veteran has been mixing hurdles and chasing this season without much success; ran okay in this last year but is more effective over longer trips; others make more appeal.
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- Rebel Gold
- S D Torrens / P T Foley
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157
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8/1 |
Rebel Gold
12yo veteran is 3-22 over fences; his last win came in this contest in 2023 and he had Espanito Bello behind when second in 2024; hasn't really looked like adding to his tally in recent starts but the return to heavy ground is a plus and he might get an easy lead; place claims.
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- Senecia
- P T Enright / V Halley
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155
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10/1 |
Senecia
Inconsistent but capable of very smart form on his day, such as his 1.25l third behind Found A Fifty and subsequent dual Grade 1 winner Solness at Navan in November; didn't back that up on latest and he would prefer better ground than this.
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