Irish Mirror (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 15:50 | Winning time: 4m 0.8s

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The Big Doyen⁴⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: Peter Fahey

11/4

3/1, won 12-runner bumper at Roscommon (15.4f, good) on NH debut 48 days ago. Open to improvement, so boasts solid claims under a penalty.

Form: 1

Cool Survivor²¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Ms L O'Neill| T: G Elliott

8/11

Westerner gelding. Dam (h87) maiden hurdler, likely to have stayed further than 2½m. Won sole start in points (Apr 10). Makes plenty of appeal on Rules bow.

Form: 1-

He's Leading Me On

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: T N Brett⁽⁷⁾| T: L Young

40/1

Leading Light gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner/fairly useful 2m hurdle winner Beyond The Obvious and dual bumper winner Nouveau Moulin.

Form:

Magnetic Pulse⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr T Hamilton| T: P A Fahy

22/1

Twice-raced maiden. 9½ lengths fourth of 7 to Smooth Player in bumper (4/1) at Galway (16.7f, heavy) 40 days ago. Unlikely to feature.

Form: 5-4

Recognize²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr D T Hyde⁽⁷⁾| T: T E Hyde

4/1

Once-raced maiden. 10/3, second of 14 in bumper at Thurles (16f, good) on NH debut 24 days ago. Needs to improve if he's to go one better.

Form: 2

Non-Runners

Smooth Player⁴⁰

Weight: 11-9| Age: 4

T: G Elliott J: Mr J J Codd

Forecasts

Cool Survivor (8/11), Smooth Player (15/8), The Big Doyen (11/4), Recognize (4/1), Magnetic Pulse (22/1), He's Leading Me On (40/1)

COOL SURVIVOR ran out a most impressive winner of a point and it's notable that his handler has continued his ownership of the 4yo, so he's worth chancing to make a winning Rules debut for Gordon Elliott. Smooth Player (the selection's stablemate) and The Big Doyen both landed their first outing in bumpers, so they're serious dangers to the selection despite shouldering penalties.