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Tattersalls Ireland George Mernagh Memorial Sales Bumper

Off time: 17:20 | Winning time: 4m 9.0s

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Boedic

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr J L Gleeson⁽³⁾| T: W P Mullins

7/1

€175,000 3-y-o, No Risk At All gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdle winner/fairly useful chase winner around 2¼m Bayaline. One of 5 representing the Willie Mullins yard and the market will be informative.

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Early Dawning

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr T Costello⁽⁷⁾| T: W P Mullins

11/1

€60,000 3-y-o, Authorized gelding. Closely related to multiple winner abroad Tanerhan and half-brother to 2 winners. Dam unraced sister to fairly useful hurdler Peppercorn. Riding arrangements suggest that some of the others from the Mullins yard are better-fancied.

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Eliodam

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr H C Swan| T: W P Mullins

4/1

€125,000 3-y-o, No Risk At All gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to useful French chaser (17f winner) Kapdam. Makes plenty of appeal on paper and he needs close attention in the betting.

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Eternal Reward

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Miss A B O'Connor| T: Ms M Mullins

28/1

Mahler gelding. Dam, bumper winner, half-sister to useful hurdler/chase winner (2m winner) Knickerbockerglory. Yard's strike rate in bumpers is modest.

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Four Wise Poets⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr F Maguire| T: W J Burke

20/1

Once-raced maiden. Third of 9 in bumper (16/1) at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 49 days ago. Should pick up a race at some point judged on that evidence but he's up against some likely-looking newcomers here.

Form: 3

Healys Pub

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: A Leahy⁽⁷⁾| T: O McKiernan

50/1

€34,000 3-y-o, Telescope gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Spirits Bay. Dam, 21f chase winner, half-sister to hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 29f) Silver Tassie. Watch the betting.

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I'm Slippy

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr J H Williamson⁽⁷⁾| T: R Tyner

9/1

€70,000 3-y-o, Maxios gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Al Kalila. Dam, maiden hurdler (stayed 2¾m), half-sister to French hurdler/chase winner up to 2¼m Nikoline. Market check advised.

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Intosomethinggood⁸²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr D McGill⁽⁷⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. 11/8, ran out in juvenile hurdle at Chepstow (16f, heavy) on hurdles bow 82 days ago. Switches from hurdles to bumpers. This British raider has each-way claims.

Form: 383R

Le Tatoue Madrik

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr D G Lavery| T: G P Cromwell

22/1

€115,000 3-y-o, Cokoriko gelding. One to note in the betting.

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Let Me Be Clear³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr N McParlan| T: Ian Donoghue

100/1

Order of St George gelding. Dam unraced. Third in a 4-runner contest on sole completed start between the flags.

Form: P3

Look Me

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr S Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: S R B Crawford

16/1

€45,000 3-y-o, Jeu St Eloi gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to fairly useful hurdle winner (stayed 25f) Grand Soir. Yard does well in bumpers and market should point the way.

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Lord Of The Locke

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr R W Barron⁽⁵⁾| T: C Byrnes

18/1

€33,000 3-y-o, Poet's Word gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Present In Court and modest hurdler Knacker Trapper. Likely to come on for the run.

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Lord Tobin⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr J M Halford⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

22/1

Once-raced maiden. 5/1, fourth of 6 in bumper at Punchestown (16.7f, heavy) on NH debut 55 days ago, unsuited by emphasis on speed. Will probably need to improve on that if he's to play a leading role here.

Form: 4

Sunshineway

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

15/8

€170,000 3-y-o. Brother to 3 winners, including fairly useful hurdler How About No (2m winner), stays 2½m, and half-brother to a winner on Flat. The booking of Patrick Mullins would suggest that he's in the pecking order among the Mullins-trained brigade.

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Luciole Des Bordes

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Mr E Ohgren⁽⁵⁾| T: W P Mullins

25/1

€14,000 3-y-o, Jeu St Eloi filly. Half-sister to French 19f hurdle winner Isis des Bordes. Perhaps not one of the yard's more fancied contenders but the market will be revealing in that respect.

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Notmiwadi

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Ms L A Byrne⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell

100/1

€8,000 3-y-o, Capri filly. Closely related to fairly useful hurdler/chase winner Extrapolation and fair hurdler Cats For Cash. Others make more appeal.

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Uno Me I Like My T

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Mr A J Lord⁽⁷⁾| T: C Collins

125/1

€4,500 3-y-o, Maxios filly. Dam, fairly useful 15f hurdle winner in France, closely related to fairly useful hurdler/smart chaser (2m-2¼m winner) Fan de Blues.

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Non-Runners

Barley Lane

Weight: 11-6| Age: 4

T: E & P Harty J: Mr B T Stone

Colin's Friend²⁹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 4

T: P Downey J: Mr E Finegan

Little Boy Sivola

Weight: 11-6| Age: 4

T: P J Rothwell J: Miss P Elvin

Celestial Tune²⁹

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: T Cooper J: Mr F Maguire

Forecasts

Sunshineway (15/8), Eliodam (4/1), Boedic (7/1), I'm Slippy (9/1), Early Dawning (11/1), Intosomethinggood (14/1), Look Me (16/1), Lord Of The Locke (18/1), Four Wise Poets (20/1), Le Tatoue Madrik (22/1), Lord Tobin (22/1), Luciole Des Bordes (25/1), Celestial Tune (25/1), Barley Lane (25/1), Eternal Reward (28/1), Healys Pub (50/1), Little Boy Sivola (50/1), Let Me Be Clear (100/1), Notmiwadi (100/1), Colin's Friend (100/1), Uno Me I Like My T (125/1)

Willie Mullins has saddled the winner of this three times in the last four years and SUNSHINEWAY, Eliodam and Boedic are appealing candidates for the all-conquering yard, in that order of preference. As they're all newcomers, it'll be interesting to see how they shape up in the betting but it's presumably significant that Patrick Mullins, who has partnered two of the yard's recent winners of this, is aboard €170,000 purchase Sunshineway, who ticks plenty of the right boxes on paper.