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Off time: 15:50 | Winning time: 4m 11.6s

Ballygeary¹⁰⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr

5/2

£25,000 5-y-o, Flemensfirth gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler (2m-2¼m winner) Blue Shark. Runner-up completed start in Irish points (Oct 1) and he's a most interesting bumper debutant for good yard.

Form: U-2

Bells Express²⁶⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: James MoffattWS

11/2

€10,000 3-y-o, £50,000 5-y-o, Sholokhov gelding. Closely related to fairly useful hurdler/chaser Top Cat Henry. Dam unraced half-sister to fairly useful staying hurdler Latchford. Had wind op and he's an interesting debutant (yard 4-6 in this sphere this term).

Form: P/762-

Raffles Wonder³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Aaron Anderson⁽⁵⁾| T: R Menzies

7/2

Maiden Irish pointer who showed ability and caught the eye with his finishing effort when fourth in a 10-runner Newcastle bumper (16.2f) 5 weeks ago, staying on well. Very much the type to improve.

Form: 44P-FF4

Sneaky Pete

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Thomas Dowson| T: T Collier

25/1

£8,000 3-y-o, Black Sam Bellamy gelding. Brother to fair hurdler Jack Fiasco, stayed 3m, and half-brother to 2 winners on Flat, including Czech Republic 1m-1¼m winner Dang Gia. Dam German 11f winner. Trainer 1-24 in bumpers.

Form:

Shady Daisy¹⁹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden

5/2

Sister to a couple of bumper winners and solid start when third at Newton Abbot (16.7f) in May. Likely to have gone close but for running out at Stratford (2m) a month later and that best put down to greenness for now. One to consider.

Form: 3R

Brawby^p1

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: K Brogan| T: R Fell & S Murray

18/1

Vadamos gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners on Flat, including 2-y-o 5f winner Magic Applause. Dam maiden on Flat (stayed 7f). Cheekpieces enlisted for debut.

Form:

Darjink⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Sean Quinlan| T: C Grant

12/1

Dartmouth gelding. Dam (h110) 2¾m hurdle winner, also 11.6f winner on Flat. Easy to back, showed a bit amidst greenness when fifth in 6-runner Ayr bumper (2m) in November and he's entitled to come on for that.

Form: 5

Forecasts

Ballygeary (5/2), Shady Daisy (5/2), Raffles Wonder (7/2), Bells Express (11/2), Darjink (12/1), Brawby (18/1), Sneaky Pete (25/1)

Having shown promise on debut in a Newton Abbot bumper back in May, SHADY DAISY was still well in contention before running out at Stratford a month later. Hopefully she's more street-wise back from a break and is selected to come out on top. Ballygeary, an interesting point recruit for Donald McCain, is also one to consider, along with Bells Express and Raffles Wonder.