Identity Thief begins a new phase of his career in the Download The Betdaq App Beginners Chase at Punchestown on Saturday.
Henry de Bromhead's gelding developed into a high-class hurdler last season, winning the Fighting Fifth at Newcastle, as well as filling the runner-up berth in a couple of Grade Ones on home soil and finishing an honourable sixth in the Champion Hurdle.
There won't be many classier converts to the bigger obstacles this term, and this could be the start of a path that ultimately leads back to the Cheltenham Festival and a race such as the Arkle, for which he is currently as low as 12-1.
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Second as favourite to Bellshill in the 2015 Champion INH Flat Race at this venue, Noel Meade was happy to pitch his charge back into the highest company at this year's Festival here and while he had to settle for sixth in the race won by Jer's Girl, there is the promise of much more to come.
Meade struck at the big meeting here back in the spring with Stretchingthetruth, who switches to timber for the opening Free Betdaq Trading Software On betdaqtraders.com Maiden Hurdle at 1.55.
Having scored between the flags and on his debut under Rules in that bumper, the sky is the limit for the JP McManus-owned five-year-old.
Meade and McManus oppose each other in the Betdaq Serious About Sport Maiden Hurdle with Kagney and Stand Up And Fight respectively, and the latter's stable companion William Du Berlais, trained by Enda Bolger, attempts to continue his progression in the McManus colours in the XSP Available At betdaq.com Handicap Hurdle.
Bottom-weight Moss Grove is the form horse heading into the New betdaqtips.com Handicap Chase, while Meade's Bel Ami De Sivola reverts from hurdles for the Cash Out With Betdaq Flat Race.
