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Off time: 14:50 | Winning time: 4m 0.73s

Cosmos D'ainay⁵⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: S Bowen| T: G Elliott| OR: 123

8/15

Lightly-raced point/bumper winner who impressed when opening his hurdles account at the third time of asking in maiden at Cork after 11 months off (fourth has won since). Open to further improvement and looks hard to beat.

Form: C3/193-1

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Puppet Master^t¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: James Bowen| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 122| D

2/1

Won the Lingfield Derby Trial for Aidan O'Brien last year. Safe to say he won't reach that level again but did at least show he has a future in this sphere when winning Kilbeggan maiden with a bit in hand 17 days ago.

Form: 8-51

Secret Soldier⁷⁹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Conor Rabbitt⁽³⁾| T: A B Hamilton

100/1

Soldier of Fortune gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including useful hurdler Off Your Rocco. Offered something to work on when mid-field in Cork bumper but that was over 2 years ago and has since left Gordon Elliott.

Form: 7/

Luna Grace^t¹⁰⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: D R Fox| T: L Russell & M Scudamore| OR: 96

10/1

Third on all 5 of her starts, including both starts over hurdles. Likely has more to offer given how she shaped at Kelso when last seen in May but she's likely to find a few too good for her once again.

Form: 3333-3

Non-Runners

Datstheholyallofit¹⁰

Weight: 10-7| Age: 5

T: P Neville J: B S Hughes

Forecasts

Cosmos D'ainay (8/15), Puppet Master (2/1), Datstheholyallofit (9/2), Luna Grace (10/1), Secret Soldier (100/1)

COSMOS D'AINAY sets a clear standard after his dominant win at Cork so he should prove hard to beat. Fellow-penalised winner Puppet Master can make it a 1-2 for the Irish.