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Off time: 14:20 | Winning time: 4m 20.8s

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Cash Back^h⁴⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-7| J: Kieran Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: W P Mullins| OR: 141| D

4/1

Smart chaser. Latest win in hurdle at Clonmel in January. 5/2, 11¼ lengths last of 3 to Captain Guinness in Newlands Chase at Naas (16f, soft) 49 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: FF-4143

Cayd Boy²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: S D Torrens| T: Miss E Doyle| OR: 139| BF| D

5/2

Useful hurdler. Respectable third of 6 in minor event hurdle at this C&D (good to soft, 4/5) 24 days ago. Stable in good form but needs to step up on latest run.

Form: 200-233

Ganapathi^t³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: B J Cooper| T: W P Mullins| OR: 143| CD

6/4

Smart hurdler. C&D winner. Tongue strap on for 1st time, excuses when eleventh of 23 in handicap hurdle at Cheltenham (21f, soft, 20/1) 32 days ago. Down in trip. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 1250F-0

Goodbye Someday¹⁷⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: D F O'Regan| T: J E Kiely| OR: 135| D

50/1

Useful hurdler. Thirteen runs since last win in 2020. Seventh of 11 in handicap chase (9/1) at Wexford (20f, heavy) 175 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles, which may help him.

Form: 434667

Irascible^p1,t³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 135

4/1

Useful hurdler. 66/1, bit below form sixteenth of 26 in handicap hurdle at Cheltenham (16.8f, good to soft) 30 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 1255-00

Swelltime⁸⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: J J Slevin| T: W J O'Doherty| OR: 111| D

125/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Below form ninth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20.4f, soft, 33/1) 80 days ago. Back down in trip. Uphill task.

Form: 086-469

Turnpike Trip¹⁸⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: D J McInerney| T: C Byrnes| OR: 140| BF| CD

18/1

Useful hurdler. C&D winner. 10/1, good second of 30 in handicap at the Curragh (16f, soft). Off 6 months. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Enters calculations.

Form: 58-3F2P

Non-Runners

Anna Bunina¹⁵

Weight: 10-9| Age: 6

T: J C McConnell J: J B Foley

Forecasts

Ganapathi (6/4), Cayd Boy (5/2), Anna Bunina (5/2), Irascible (4/1), Cash Back (4/1), Turnpike Trip (18/1), Goodbye Someday (50/1), Swelltime (125/1)

It's easy to excuse the run of GANAPATHI in what was an unconventional Coral Cup last month and this looks a good race for him to bounce back in. Anna Bunina receives weight all round and is going the right way, while Turnpike Trip was in top form on the level when last seen in the autumn.