Daily Mirror (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 16:10 | Winning time: 4m 24.1s

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Buck's Billionaire⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins| BF

6/1

Half-brother to Big Buck's has travelled well in his previous three bumpers. A lack of gears has found him out on each occasion and he looks ready for a stiffer test over hurdles.

Form: 533

Light Myles Ahead

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: P J McGrath⁽⁷⁾| T: P Stafford

50/1

€3,400 son of Echo Of Light and half-brother to a minor hurdle winner. Stable have a modest record in bumpers.

Form:

Sinbad^t1⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr F Maguire⁽³⁾| T: R J Osborne

66/1

Down the field in bumpers at Wexford and Clonmel. Tongue-tie fitted to help him settle better, but a lot more is needed.

Form: 76

Valdieu^t¹⁷¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr M J O'Hare⁽³⁾| T: N Meade

4/1

Winning point-to-pointer who has made the frame in his last three bumpers. Form of his latest race has worked out well and hard to overlook.

Form: F19/2-32

Aah Pat³²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: E T Daly⁽⁷⁾| T: S R B Crawford

20/1

Cheap purchase who was easy to back on Sedgefield debut. Lacked the pace to be competitive that day and this is probably stronger.

Form: 4

Malone Road²¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott

2/5

Kalanisi gelding out of four-time hurdles winner Zaffarella. Recorded an exceptional time when easily landing a Loughanmore point-to-point in March and subsequently bought for £325,000. Stable have won four of the last five runnings of this race.

Form: 1-

Non-Runners

Only Whispers¹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: A J Martin J: E O'Connell

Anjilina⁴⁷

Weight: 11-4| Age: 4

T: Caroline Mccaldin J: Mr N McParlan

Forecasts

Malone Road (2/5), Valdieu (4/1), Buck's Billionaire (6/1), Only Whispers (7/1), Aah Pat (20/1), Anjilina (25/1), Light Myles Ahead (50/1), Sinbad (66/1)

Buck's Billionaire has found disappointingly little off the bridle in his three runs so far and Valdieu has achieved a lot more. However, both face a potentially stiff task in opposing MALONE ROAD. Gordon Elliott's recruit was an expensive purchase following an emphatic point-to-point victory in a quick time. The stable have a good record in this race and he is hard to oppose.