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Formscan By Donal Murphy - Paul Townend has chosen to ride DIAKALI over Dogora and with this in mind the former is sided with. The French import was purchased by Willie Mullins for €160,000 at the Arqana Deauville Sale in July of last year and he impressed on his Irish debut when winning at Gowran in November. He is a general 16/1 shot for the Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham in March and if he is to fulfil that engagement he would want to be winning this contest. Stablemate Dogora will be ridden by David Casey and he is sure to give the selection plenty to do. He won on his Irish debut at Limerick but wasn't as impressive as Diakali. The Gordon Elliott trained Flaxen Flare will bid to overturn the Mullins duo but he will need to improve again from his win at Leopardstown if he is to seriously challenge the selection. Faanan Aldaar ran well on her two hurdling starts to date but she looks up against it here as does Baby Jake who makes his hurdling debut.

1
08-
Baby Jake (IRE) b g 10-10

Morozov (USA)-Potters Dawn(Talkin Man)

(22) (Max Young Racing Club)

2
81-
Diakali (FR) gr g 10-10

Sinndar (IRE)-Diasilixa(Linamix)

(49) d1 (Mr Nick Peacock & Mr Gary Moore)

3
1-
Dogora (FR) gr g 10-10

Robin Des Pres (FR)-Garde De Nuit(Courtroom)

(15) d1 (Mrs S Ricci)

4
011-
Flaxen Flare (IRE) ch g 10-10

Windsor Knot (IRE)-Golden Angel(Slew O'Gold)

(16) d1 (Mrs P Sloan)

5
66-2
Faanan Aldaar (IRE) b f 10-3

Authorized (IRE)-Ya Hajar(Lycius)

(7) (Joseph M Fitzpatrick)

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The superscript number on headgear bl2 indicates number of times worn. A plus bl+ indicates more than 10 times where as red background bl1indicates first time.

Trainers In Form last 21 days

Trainer
Wins
Runs
%
W P Mullins
36
100
36

Gordon Elliott
5
55
9

P J Rothwell
4
37
10

John Joseph Hanlon
1
26
3

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Jockeys In Form last 21 days

Jockey
Wins
Runs
%
B Hayes
6
22
27

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NH Trainer Stats for Punchestown

Trainer
Wins
Runs
%
W P Mullins
612
2652
23

Gordon Elliott
241
1796
13

P J Rothwell
27
629
4

John Joseph Hanlon
17
308
6

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NH Trainer Stats for Punchestown

Jockey
Wins
Runs
%
P Townend
193
732
26

B Hayes
26
363
7

D J Condon
22
288
8

B T O'Connell
5
148
3

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