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Off time: 13:10 | Winning time: 4m 49.6s

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Fascile Mode¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: J B Foley| T: T Mullins| OR: 133| C

10/3

Useful hurdler. Course winner. 3/1, good third of 4 in minor event hurdle at Ballinrobe (18.4f, good) 13 days ago. In the mix.

Form: 48560-3

Striking³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: C D Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 120| C

10/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Course winner. Respecteable twelfth of 23 in handicap hurdle at this course (19.3f, good to soft, 25/1) 39 days ago. More is needed here, though.

Form: 130360-

Ash Tree Meadow^t²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: C P Millar⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 130

1/3

Very smart chaser. 4/1, career best when winning 4-runner Grade 3 chase at Killarney (20.4f, good to soft) 27 days ago by 5½ lengths from French Dynamite, kept up to work. Switches from chase to hurdles and the one to beat.

Form: 11417-1

Rocky Blue¹⁴²⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-6| J: Sarah Kavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 121

50/1

Twice-raced winner over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 14f on flat. Won 15-runner handicap (7/2) at Leopardstown (10f, good), driven out. Off over 3 years and has his fitness to prove.

Form: 21/

And Still I Rise¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: A McCurtin| T: John F O'Neill

250/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 100/1, sixth of 10 in claiming hurdle at Limerick (16.4f, soft) on hurdles bow 10 days ago.

Form: PU-4836

Queen Nel⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: E Walsh| T: E D Delany| OR: 117

40/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Winner in hurdle at Gowran in March. 15/8, fair third of 5 in minor event hurdle at Limerick (16.2f, heavy) 77 days ago. First run for yard after leaving R. P. Cody and no forlorn hope.

Form: 09613-

Getaway Sally⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: J P Shinnick⁽⁷⁾| T: Ms E Broderick

200/1

Getaway mare. Sister to modest hurdler Mr Social, barely stays 3m. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/fairly useful chaser (stayed 3m) Top Strategy. Faces a stiff task.

Form: 5-

Non-Runners

Scaramanga³¹⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 9

T: W P Mullins J: K Callaghan

Forecasts

Ash Tree Meadow (1/3), Scaramanga (2/1), Fascile Mode (10/3), Striking (10/1), Queen Nel (40/1), Rocky Blue (50/1), Getaway Sally (200/1), And Still I Rise (250/1)

ASH TREE MEADOW holds the edge on form and comes here on the back of a Grade 3 chasing success at Killarney so gets the vote. Scaramanga has a lengthy lay-off to overcome but can't be dismissed with his yard going well, with Fascile Mode and Queen Nel appealing as the pick of the remainder for minor honours.