Bug guns stand ground in Morgiana Annie Power, Faugheen and Vroum Vroum Mag still feature among 10 entries in Sunday's StanJames.com Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown. The star trio all run in the colours of Rich Ricci and are multiple Grade One winners in their own right, with Annie Power the reigning champion hurdler. Faugheen will be coming back from an injury break if he lines up in the Grade One feature, with trainer Willie Mullins also having the choice of Ivan Grozny, Sempre Medici, Simenon and Nichols Canyon. The latter is the only horse to have ever beaten Faugheen after winning this race at his expense last year. Ex-Mullins inmate Apple's Jade, who is now with Gordon Elliott, might bid to bounce back from a shock defeat at Down Royal earlier this month, while the Joseph O'Brien-trained Ivanovich Gorbatov is also on a retrieval mission after finishing only third on his return at Naas. The Gavin Cromwell-trained Jer's Girl, a dual Grade One winner, rounds out the possibles after a skin allergy forced her to miss an intended run at Navan last Sunday.
