1.40 Punchestown
Florida Pearl Novice Chase (Grade 2) (Class 1) (5YO plus)
Winner €24,374
Advice: 5 pts win Back In Focus (8/13 general)
Back In Focus: Only had the four runs under rules but showed
huge engine and major potential when beating Court In Motion by 6 lengths with
ease in 3m Haydock Grade 2; Presumably not back right when he was absent for 15
months after running on fast ground in 3m Grade 1, but showed what he’s all
about again when winning on chasing debut by 33 lenghts; Will take the beating
today if able to repeat it. 
Farrells Fancy: Rated 124 over hurdles last term, winning
Tipperary maiden and then running well in Graded novice events; Needed
seasonal/novice chasing debut but better when making all to beat subsequent winner
Jetson at Thurles; This requires yet more of him. 
Sweeney Tunes: Very impressive when winning readily at
Thurles last month considering how long he’s been out for (obviously had his
problems) and was set to take control of the race when left clear at the last;
This a much tougher affair. 
Lyreen Legend: Revelation over hurdles last season when
winning Grade 2 event at Thurles in clear cut style, then second in one of the
stronger events run this season over that trip and third in Grade 1 at end of
the season; Should go well here after easy chasing win on debut.
VERDICT: This should be between Lyreen Legend and BACK IN
FOCUS, with Willie Mullins’s charge given the clear vote after his destruction
of an admittedly ordinary field at Thurles. On heavy ground he looks nigh on
unbeatable (his Grade 2 win by 6 lengths from Court In Motion was one of the
performances of that novice hurdling season) and conditions have come ripe for
him today.
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