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Murphy targets staying-chase campaign with returning Enjoy D'allen

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Enjoy D'allen is working his way back to a return to action with November identified as a starting point by trainer Ciaran Murphy.

The nine-year-old Network gelding, who was third in the Irish Grand National of 2021, was last seen finishing 12th in the Aintree Grand National in April.

Murphy said: "He is back with us and they did a marvellous job in Martinstown (owner J.P. McManus' stud) with him.

"He got knocked into at the second fence in Aintree last year and ran no race, but we found a problem after it. He wasn't fully right, so we're hoping that's the excuse.

"It put us on the back foot, but he is back in my place now and the plan would be to go for all those big staying chases.

"I'll have to talk to connections, but hopefully we will have a good year with him - he won't be out until November."

Additional reporting by Tom Weekes

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