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Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 3m 31.35s

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Falcon Eight^b⁴⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 10-2| J: Jack Kearney⁽⁵⁾| T: D K Weld| OR: 100| D

9/4

Group 3 winner in November 2023. Creditable seventh of 24 in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Fairyhouse (20.2f, good) 48 days ago, faring best of those held up. Makes polytrack debut. Blinkers back on. Classy sort but temperamental.

Form: 770047-

(5)

Prairie Dancer^b²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Hugh Horgan⁽⁵⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 89| D

7/2

10/1, much improved when winning 7-runner handicap chase at Thurles (20.8f, good) 27 days ago. Far from bombproof but useful in this sphere and firmly in the hunt.

Form: 516-600

(3)

Effernock Fizz^p,t¹⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 9-1| J: Rory Mulligan⁽⁷⁾| T: C Collins| OR: 66| D

50/1

14/1, 23¼ lengths last of 4 to La Renommee in listed chase at Doncaster (20.5f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Fair on the Flat, poor on last Flat outing here. Work to do.

Form: 658/006-

(6)

Glam De Vega^h²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: S A Wallace⁽¹⁰⁾| T: M Keane| OR: 84

40/1

Twice a winner in 2022 for Roger Varian, including on handicap debut at Hamilton (9.2f). 100/1 and hood on for 1st time in this code, eleventh of 17 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, soft) 20 days ago. Makes polytrack debut.

Form: 5211/06-

(2)

Jabbar⁸¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Keithen Kennedy⁽⁵⁾| T: Gerard O'Leary| OR: 85| BF

11/10

Fairly useful gelding. Five wins on the level. 4/1, creditable second of 16 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, heavy) 81 days ago. Holds his form well and could be the way to go.

Form: 341232-

(1)

Jerandme^v⁴⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 9-1| J: Aileen O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: K Prendergast| OR: 82| CD

14/1

Good jumper at his best and dual C&D winner. Unsurprisingly looked rusty on first outing since leaving Noel Meade after 19 months off in handicap at this C&D (18/1) 49 days ago.

Form: 41203/4-

Forecasts

Jabbar (11/10), Falcon Eight (9/4), Prairie Dancer (7/2), Jerandme (14/1), Glam De Vega (40/1), Effernock Fizz (50/1)

Tricky stuff but JABBAR didn't run a bad race in either code for Gerard O'Leary last year and could be the way to go ahead of Falcon Eight and Prairie Dancer.