Guinness Flat Race

Off time: 15:35 | Winning time: 4m 3.7s

Minella Encore²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins| D

3/1

£100,000 private purchase in January this year and joined a powerful yard after easy win in a little point-to-point at Killeagh before winning a five-runner bumper here earlier in the month. Age and experience could be the key here.

Form: F1-1

Daly Tiger²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Ms N Carberry| T: N Meade| D

5/4

Finished second of 18 on hurdling debut last month when finishing 4½L behind Real Steel who fell at the last in an eventful Limerick Grade 1 novice hurdle on Wednesday.

Form: F-12

The Gunner Murphy^t⁸⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: J P O'Brien

7/4

Stayed on strongly in the closing stages of a Galway bumper to beat 12 rivals ½L in October. Worth a market check.

Form: 1

Reach Up²¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr J C Barry⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Ryan

33/1

Phoenix Reach gelding whose dam won over a similar trip to this over hurdles. Well beaten on rules debut and up against it here.

Form: 4

Hollow Crest^h²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Ms K Walsh| T: J Nash

25/1

Aimed high on debut when well beaten third of 10 finishing 10½L behind Posh Trish at Aintree in October before another heavy defeat last time out. Hard to construct much of a case here.

Form: 83

Forecasts

Daly Tiger (5/4), The Gunner Murphy (7/4), Minella Encore (3/1), Hollow Crest (25/1), Reach Up (33/1)

The three at the head of the market all come here with plenty of chance who all look to have bright futures. The Gunner Murphy won on debut with Daly Tiger winning his sole bumper start easily last month while MINELLA ENCORE won in the same conditions at Fairyhouse at the beginning of the month.