Slightly impeded start, towards rear, headway on inner approaching 4 out, chased leaders from 2 out, no impression before last where left disputing lead, led closing stages, kept on well, all out op 14/1

2^nd

Tesseract

810-13

9/2j

T: J P O'BrienJ: D J O'Keeffe (5)

Chased leaders, not fluent 5th, closed up before 3 out, soon on terms, headed before 2 out where slight mistake, no impression before last where left disputing lead, headed closing stages, kept on well without quite matching winner op 5/1

3^rd

Oscar Knight

1011-1

20/1

T: T MullinsJ: N P Madden

Soon towards rear and pushed along at stages from early, reminders 3rd, headway to chase leaders but no impression before last where left disputing lead, headed closing stages, kept on without matching front pair

4^th

Ned Stark

1111-1

6/1

T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell

Chased leaders early, soon mid-division, rear of mid-division 9th, slight mistake 4 out, headway on inner after 2 out and pushed along, no impression when left chasing principals from last, kept on without threatening op 5/1

5^th

5 ½

Icantsay

911-0

20/1

T: J P RyanJ: L Quinlan (7)

Lined up prominently but slow to jump off and set off in rear, soon progress to track leaders, closed up 6th to be prominent, lost position from before 3 out, soon one pace

6^th

Full Cry

911-5

5/1

T: H De BromheadJ: H Morgan (7)

Led, joined at times, headed from 3 out, soon no extra and one pace op 6/1

7^th

8 ½

Mill Quest

911-7

12/1

T: G ElliottJ: Katie O'Farrell (5)

Soon mid-division, not fluent 3rd, some headway to chase leaders 9th, closed up to be prominent before 3 out, slight mistake 2 out, no extra and one pace after

8^th

1 ¼

Rathnure Rebel

910-12

9/2j

T: N MeadeJ: S F O'Keeffe (7)

Close up and disputed at times, slight mistake 8th, lost position from 3 out, soon no extra and one pace op 5/1

9^th

Swingbridge

1111-4

16/1

T: G ElliottJ: D F O'Regan

Chased leaders, no extra and one pace from 2 out

10^th

Timiyan

810-11

8/1

T: G ElliottJ: M A Enright

Not fluent 1st, soon rear of mid-division, pushed along briefly 9th and towards rear, no extra and one pace from 2 out op 10/1

11^th

3 ½

Cecil Corbett

1211-0

20/1

T: G ElliottJ: L P Dempsey

Soon towards rear, rear of mid-division 9th, headway on outer approaching 4 out, pushed along approaching 3 out, soon no impression, one pace

Also Ran

Barra

811-4

10/1

T: G ElliottJ: Rachael Blackmore

Soon mid-division, slight mistake 5th, closed up to be prominent before 3 out, soon on terms, led before 2 out, soon asserted and went on, clear and fell last op 9/1

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Non-Runners

Mindsmadeup⁶

Weight: 10-3| Age: 8

T: M J Smith J: Reserve 1

Monatomic³²

Weight: 10-12| Age: 6

T: G Elliott J: K Brogan

Measureofmydreams⁷⁶

Weight: 11-5| Age: 11

T: G Elliott J: K M Donoghue

Riviera Sun³⁸

Weight: 10-2| Age: 10

T: H De Bromhead J: Reserve 2

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€15.80Pl:€2.60, €2.00, €6.00EX:€66.40Trifecta:€926.70Tricast:€1,075.99SF:€67.54

Forecasts

Tesseract (9/2), Rathnure Rebel (9/2), Full Cry (5/1), Ned Stark (6/1), Timiyan (8/1), Barra (10/1), Na Trachtalai Abu (12/1), Mill Quest (12/1), Mindsmadeup (12/1), Monatomic (14/1), Measureofmydreams (14/1), Swingbridge (16/1), Oscar Knight (20/1), Icantsay (20/1), Cecil Corbett (20/1), Riviera Sun (25/1)

This looks set to be a highly entertaining renewal of the Midlands National. The latest run of Cecil Corbett, which came over hurdles, should probably be ignored, as it is more than likely that connections were probably wanting to keep his chase mark down ahead of this contest.Ned Stark took a sizeable step forward from his return from a long layoff when successful at Perth. There is likely to be more to come from him. However, the one who makes greatest appeal is RATHNURE REBEL. The selection has only had the three starts over fences and has fared encouragingly behind some smart sorts. He can make a successful transition to the handicap sphere.

Rathnure Rebel
Ned Stark
Cecil Corbett

Previous Winners

2018

Rogue Angel

Weight: 10-8 |Age: 10

J: J W Kennedy | T: G Elliott

4/1

Prize Money

1st: €59,000.002nd: €19,000.003rd: €9,000.004th: €4,000.005th: €2,000.006th: €1,000.00