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A look at the Leopardstown fare

Sun 25th Oct 2015, 09:43

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Leopardstown's final Flat meeting of 2015 on Sunday features the 100,000 euro TOTE November Handicap.

Traditionally run in - you guessed it - November, this season's renewal features Digeanta who won the Cesarewitch at the Curragh for Willie Mullins.

Raised 4lb for that success, Digeanta faces a full field of 22 rivals and now must overcome a wide draw in 17.

Opposing him at the bottom end of the weights are a pair of hat-trick-chasers in Sr Cartage and Modem

English trainer Sir Mark Prescott sends Deauville Dancer for the race and, despite finishing well back in the recent English Cesarewitch, he had previously been running well from ratings in the 80s.

The two Listed races, the Bet Online At thetote.com Knockaire Stakes and Best Odds Guaranteed Eyrefield Stakes for two-year-olds, are both worth 47,000 euro but the eventual winner of the latter will be worth multiples of that amount.

Trainer Dermot Weld appears to have a solid contender on his hands in Ebediyin who created a big impression when winning snugly on debut last month.

Opposing the Aga Khan-owned runner is the Aidan O'Brien-trained Landofhopeandglory runner-up in the Zetland Stakes at Newmarket a fortnight ago.

Jim Bolger 's Godolphin-owned Moonlight Magic was a nice winner on debut at Cork recently, while the unbeaten Queen Blossom is also in attendance.

There are 20 candidates in the closing maiden, in which the Tracey Collins-trained Eagle Valley is a hopeful choice to beat much the more experienced, but frustrating to follow, McGuigan Chinese Light and B Cosmos