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Off time: 14:16 | Winning time: 6m 44.6s

Ellipsism^b,t¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 109| D

28/1

Seventh of 14 in handicap chase (25/1) at Thurles (25f, heavy) 14 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Blinkers back on.

Form: P2-7887

Gotthenod²³

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: C A Landers⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs D A Love| OR: 109

14/1

Latest win in hurdle at Punchestown in September. 14/1, creditable fifth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20f, heavy) 23 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 159475

Deal With It⁴²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-13| J: H Morgan⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 108

12/1

Eleventh of 14 in maiden at Cork (21f, heavy) on chase debut/reappearance. Quickly switches back to hurdles and claims on his third at Gowran on final run last season.

Form: 42/673-0

Therellalwaysbeone⁹⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: T Foley| OR: 107| D

40/1

Tailed-off eighth of 17 to Clonguile Way in handicap chase (5/1) at Punchestown (22f, soft) 95 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 2/093-68

Trickey Trix^t¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 107| D

40/1

Pair of handicap hurdle wins this autumn. Well held back chasing latest but could do better back over timber.

Form: 812108

Ballyshannon Rose³³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: P D Kennedy| T: P G Fahey| OR: 105

13/2

Much improved for switch to handicaps when winning at Thurles and Limerick in recent months. Taken a hit from the handicapper but still much respected on hat-trick bid.

Form: 5/P85-11

Seeyouinvinnys³⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade| OR: 103

66/1

50/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at this course (19.5f, soft) 36 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 50/1P-0P

Call The Tune⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: M J Bolger| T: B Connell| OR: 102

5/1

Thrice-raced maiden hurdles, finishing fifth of 18 at Punchestown (16.7f, heavy) 40 days ago. Likely improver now handicapping back up in trip. Interesting runner.

Form: 365

Ragin Cajun^p²²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Dillon Maxwell⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Smith| OR: 102| D

10/3

Different proposition in cheekpieces, winning on reappearance at Down Royal in October and good second of 14 over 23.5f here (heavy) since. Enters calculations.

Form: 0000/12

Thunderosa^p,t²⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: D J Hand⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 102| D

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 25/1, very good fourth of 10 in maiden hurdle at Navan (22f, heavy). Off 10 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to improvement.

Form: 664-U43

Broomfield's Oscar^t1²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Keith Donoghue| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 101

22/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, eighth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (21.2f, heavy, 12/1) 24 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 2/4U5-78

Gold Creek²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: G P Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: Aengus King| OR: 101

33/1

200/1, eighth of 10 in novice chase at Naas (19f, heavy) 20 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 647568

Ardhill²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: J S McGarvey| T: G Elliott| OR: 97

20/1

11/1, twelfth of 14 in handicap hurdle at this course (23.5f, heavy) 22 days ago but claims on his Limerick third prior to that.

Form: 880930

Clonguile Way^b¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: J M Moore| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 96| D

12/1

Latest win in hurdle at Wexford in October. Respectable fifth of 14 in handicap chase at Thurles (25f, heavy, 12/1) 14 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Yard having good spell.

Form: 0311P5

Happie Days²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: T Gibney| OR: 96

10/3

11/2, very good second of 14 in handicap hurdle at this course (23.5f, heavy) 22 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 0-272P2

Legal Lord^t²²

Age: 10| Weight: 10-10| J: B J Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: S Neville| OR: 91| D

50/1

Eighth of 11 in novice chase at this course (16f, heavy, 150/1) 22 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Significantly up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: P36/0-P8

Punters Poet^t³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: P J Carberry| T: M J Smith| OR: 91

25/1

13/2, tenth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (12f) 37 days ago, badly hampered. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Up in trip.

Form: 968/08-U

Second Symphony⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: A W Short| T: C A McBratney| OR: 83

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Eighteenth of 20 in handicap hurdle (33/1) at Navan (20f, heavy) 42 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 6090-B0

Non-Runners

See Double You¹⁶

Weight: 9-13| Age: 18

T: R McNally J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Calibrator⁴⁷

Weight: 9-13| Age: 6

T: E Griffin J: C P McNamara

Forecasts

Ragin Cajun (10/3), Happie Days (10/3), Call The Tune (5/1), Ballyshannon Rose (13/2), Calibrator (10/1), Deal With It (12/1), Clonguile Way (12/1), Gotthenod (14/1), Ardhill (20/1), Broomfield's Oscar (22/1), Punters Poet (25/1), See Double You (25/1), Ellipsism (28/1), Thunderosa (33/1), Gold Creek (33/1), Trickey Trix (40/1), Therellalwaysbeone (40/1), Legal Lord (50/1), Seeyouinvinnys (66/1), Second Symphony (100/1)

HAPPIE DAYS may have won here last time but for an error at the last so he gets a narrow vote in this competitive affair. Thriving pair Ballyshannon Rose and Ragin Cajun head the many possible dangers along with handicap newcomer Call The Tune and Henry de Bromhead's Deal With It.