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Saturday 22 February 2025

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Off time: 15:27 | Winning time: 7m 2.9s

Capodanno^t⁵²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: Mark Walsh| T: W P Mullins| OR: 155

14/1

Very smart chaser. 14/1, 26 lengths fourth of 7 to Embassy Gardens in New Year's Day Chase at Tramore (22.8f, heavy) 52 days ago.

Form: 1408-P4

French Dynamite^p,t³⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 11-6| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: M F Morris| OR: 148

33/1

Smart chaser. Latest win in chase at Punchestown in October. 8/1, 18 lengths fifth of 7 to Appreciate It in Kinloch Brae Chase at Thurles (20.9f, good) 34 days ago. Up in trip. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 702165

Intense Raffles³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: J J Slevin| T: T Gibney| OR: 151| C

11/4

Smart chaser. C&D winner. Fourteenth of 19 in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Navan (20f, soft) 35 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Back up in trip.

Form: 7111-90

Clonmeen^p1,t¹³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: Simon Torrens| T: William P Murphy| OR: 112

250/1

Fair chaser. Bit below form eighth of 13 in handicap chase (16/1) at Navan (23.8f, heavy) 13 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 9P-5978

Minella Cocooner²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: Danny Mullins| T: W P Mullins| OR: 154

10/3

Smart chaser. Five wins from 16 NH runs. 100/1, 31¾ lengths ninth of 10 to Galopin Des Champs in Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown (24.3f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Not taken lightly back down in class.

Form: 631-589

Nick Rockett³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 161| C

5/6

High-class chaser. Course winner. 1 win from 2 runs this season. Career best when winning 18-runner handicap chase at Gowran (25f, soft, 9/2) 30 days ago. Big player.

Form: 1273-41

Non-Runners

I Am Maximus²¹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 9

T: W P Mullins J: Paul Townend

Affordale Fury¹⁷

Weight: 11-0| Age: 7

T: N Meade J: Donagh Meyler

Forecasts

Nick Rockett (5/6), Intense Raffles (11/4), Minella Cocooner (10/3), I Am Maximus (7/2), Affordale Fury (7/1), Capodanno (14/1), French Dynamite (33/1), Clonmeen (250/1)

NICK ROCKETT showed high-class form when defying a mark of 152 in the Thyestes at Gowran last month and looks the one to beat on these terms. His stablemate I Am Maximus won this last year before following up in the Grand National at Aintree and is the obvious threat despite conceding 12 lb to the selection.