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No	Form	Silk	Horse	A	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	SP
1	00-		Ancient Sands (IRE) 201	4	11-7 t	Andrew J McNamara	Ms J Morgan		33/1
2	F-		Asitsohappens (IRE) 16	4	11-7	B M Cash	M McCabe		66/1
4	D-		Face Value 16	4	11-7	A E Lynch	A McGuinness		11/2
5	315-		Knocklong (IRE) 37	4	11-7	A P Crowe	C Roche		7/4
7	48-		Rossvoss 156	4	11-7 t	R Walsh	T M Walsh		11/4
9	534-		To The Sky (IRE) 26	4	11-7	D J Condon	Ms J Morgan		5/2
10			Isle Of Innisfree (IRE)	4	11-0	M J Ferris	S Curling		80/1
11	00-		Livia's Wake (IRE) 132	4	11-0	J L Cullen	E U Hales		16/1

Non runners
3			Catcher On Themoon (IRE)	4	11-7	P J Rothwell	A Ring
6	U2-		Roman Flight (IRE)	4	11-7	C F Swan	D J Casey
8	949-		Shamkhal (FR)	4	11-7	A J Martin	B J Cooper	112

Verdict

Face Value finished first past the post on his hurdling debut over the C&D in October but was later disqualified after a banned substance was found in his system. He's since won on Polytrack at Wolverhampton and has changed stables. Knocklong made a promising start over timber at Gowran before winning a Naas bumper. He didn't run badly in a Listed bumper at Limerick last time and must be on the short-list but it's ROSSVOSS who looks the one to beat. Ted Walsh's charge scored on the Flat at Galway in August on good going and though beaten on both starts over timber he's raced in better company and the testing conditions would have been against him. To The Sky was only a short-head behind the selection when both made their hurdling debuts at Fairyhouse and, as he's improved subsequently, looks a major threat. The lightly-raced Roman Flight has been going well on the Flat since his good run at Killarney and is another to note in an open contest.

Formwatch

Ancient Sands (IRE) 16-1 (10-12) Never better than mid-division, 12th of 18, 30l behind Thegondolier (10-12) at Thurles 2m 3yo mdn hdl gd in Oct.

Asitsohappens (IRE) 10-1 (11-7) Tr ldrs, rdn bhnd ldrs 3out, wknd to 5th & fell last, in a race won by Sausalito Sunrise (11-7) at Tattersalls Farm 2m ire ptp gs in Apr, 13 ran.

Catcher On Themoon (IRE) Catcher In The Rye gelding out of Noleens Moon.

Face Value .

Knocklong (IRE) 11-4 (11-6) Waited with, 9th approaching straight, effort and no impression under pressure from 2f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 10, 14l behind Summer Star (10-13) at Limerick 2m 4yo nhf (1) gd in Apr.

Roman Flight (IRE) 13-2 (10-12) Soon chased leaders, well off pace, closer in moderate 3rd 3 out, no impression under pressure and kept on same pace from next, 2nd of 12, 3l behind The Quiet Hawk (10-4) at Killarney 2m 1f 3yo mdn hdl gs in Aug.

Rossvoss 3-1 (10-9) Chased leaders mainly 6th, no impression in 5th entering straight, no extra, 8th of 9, 16l behind Sam Bass (10-13) at Fairyhouse 2m 3yo hdl Grd 3 (1) sft in Dec.

Shamkhal (FR) 50-1 (11-0) Towards rear for most, never a factor, 9th of 11, 29l behind Ballynacree (11-0) at Fairyhouse 2m 4yo hdl Grd 3 (1) gs in Apr.

To The Sky (IRE) 16-1 (11-0) Mid-division, 14th approaching 2 out, ridden in 11th entering straight, no impression in 5th last, kept on same pace, 4th of 25, 11l behind Darroun (11-0) at Leopardstown 2m 4yo mdn hdl in Jan.

Isle Of Innisfree (IRE) Indian Danehill filly out of Exit To Blue.

Livia's Wake (IRE) 20-1 (10-7) Towards rear for most, never a factor, 10th of 15, well behind Arnaud (11-0) at Limerick 2m 3yo mdn hdl hvy in Dec.

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