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Saturday 12 December 2020

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Off time: 12:31 | Winning time: 6m 38.04s

Takarengo²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: D J Mullins| T: T Mullins| OR: 120

16/5

Fair hurdler. 9/4, creditable third of 12 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) 20 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 3357-33

Buck's Billionaire⁷³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

7/2

Promising sort. 10/1, second of 15 in maiden at Tramore (21f, heavy) on hurdle debut in December 2018. Absent since but top yard perseveres.

Form: 53332/

Coolamber^t1³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: S Neville

125/1

Arakan gelding. Dam, pulled up in points, half-sister to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser (stayed 3¼m) Marufo. Thrice-raced maiden in points. Wears tongue strap for Rules debut.

Form: 3-55

Johngus^t¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: S Aherne

20/1

Fair hurdler. Off 9 months, pulled up in maiden at Limerick (21f, heavy, 18/1) on reappearance 11 days ago. Refitted tongue strap needs to help spark a revival.

Form: 45264-P

Lisclogher Flyer⁷⁷¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: D P Holden⁽⁷⁾| T: S G Walsh

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fourth of 6 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (22f, good, 100/1). Off over 2 years. First run for yard after leaving Paul W. Flynn.

Form: 004/

Native Gold²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: C D Timmons⁽³⁾| T: E Cawley

125/1

Twice-raced maiden. 250/1, tenth of 14 in minor event hurdle at Punchestown (21.6f, heavy) 27 days ago.

Form: 8-0

Night Combat²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade

12/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Fifth of 20 in maiden at Naas (19f, heavy, 10/1) on hurdles bow 21 days ago. Up in trip. Stable in good form. Open to progress.

Form: 6/45

Torygraph³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

1/1

Promising type. Second of 14 in maiden at Clonmel (19.4f, heavy, 11/2) on hurdles bow 30 days ago. Up in trip. Should progress and leading claims.

Form: 245-32

Getupthemstairs^p1¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: J G Cosgrave

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. Tenth of 13 in bumper (28/1) at this course (16f, soft) 13 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Significantly up in trip. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 70

Velvet Elvis⁷⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: T Gibney

9/1

Showed promise on first of 2 runs in bumpers in September. Makes hurdles debut. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 1-40

Snugsborough Lucy^p⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Dillon Maxwell⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Broderick| OR: 80

200/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, twelfth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19f, heavy, 33/1) 9 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 8680

Non-Runners

Patriot Poet

Weight: 11-6| Age: 6

T: P Corcoran J: K J Brouder

Forecasts

Torygraph (1/1), Takarengo (16/5), Buck's Billionaire (7/2), Velvet Elvis (9/1), Night Combat (12/1), Johngus (20/1), Patriot Poet (25/1), Coolamber (125/1), Native Gold (125/1), Getupthemstairs (150/1), Snugsborough Lucy (200/1), Lisclogher Flyer (200/1)

TORYGRAPH and Buck's Billionaire hail from top stables and arrive on the back of promising hurdle debut seconds, but the latter's was way back in December 2018 so Torygraph has to be the more solid option given that his was only a month ago. Night Combat may prove best of the remainder.