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Formscan  - From Danoli and Istabraq, through to Envoi Allen and last year's winner Impaire Et Passe, the roll call of past winner of this race over the last 20 years is impressive. BALLYBURN obviously has some big shoes to fill in his bid to emulate some of those greats, but the son of Flemensfirth is certainly going the right way and is very hard to oppose. Indeed, the six-year-old's smooth performance in landing a Grade 1 success at the Dublin Racing Festival could hardly have been more dominant and underlined not just his rapid progress since defeat to Firefox on his hurdles debut, but established his versatility regarding the trip, given he had comfortably landed a maiden at Leopardstown over 2m4f in between. Already with six previous winners of this race under his belt, Willie Mullins has a stranglehold on the 2024 edition with Ile Atlantique, Predators Gold, Mercurey and Jimmy Du Seuil all representing Ireland's champion trainer. However, the unbeaten Handstands may be the one to put it up to Ballyburn given he too is a rising star.

1
-211
Ballyburn (IRE) 6,b g 11-7

Flemensfirth (USA)-Old Moon(Old Vic)

(38) (R A Bartlett/david Manasseh)
Rated 157

2
1111
Handstands (IRE) 5,br g 11-7

Getaway (GER)-Wattle Bridge(King's Theatre)

(34) (Mr T P Radford)
Rated 136

3
2-12
Ile Atlantique (FR) 6,br g 11-7

Coastal Path (GB)-Cote Atlantique(Nickname)

(61) (Tony Bloom)
Rated 148

4
2-21
Jimmy Du Seuil (FR) 5,b g 11-7

Galiway (GB)-Tulipe Du Seuil(Equerry)

(62) (Edward Ware)

5
-211
Jingko Blue (FR) 5,b g 11-7

Great Pretender (IRE)-Vibraye(Saint des Saints)

(39) d1 (Countrywide Park Homes Ltd)
Rated 140

6
2-31
Mercurey (FR) 6,ch g 11-7

Muhtathir (GB)-Mangoun(Smadoun)

(37) (Mrs S Ricci)

7
-122
Predators Gold (FR) 5,b g 11-7

Masked Marvel (GB)-Shabby Gold(Irish Wells)

(39) (Gigginstown House Stud)
Rated 150

8
522
The Grey Man (GB) 5,gr g 11-7

Dartmouth (GB)-Timon's Tara(Kayf Tara)

(35) (Mr Mark James)

Probable SP 1/2 Ballyburn, 9/2 Ile Atlantique, 8/1 Predators Gold, 14/1 Handstands, 16/1 Jingko Blue, 25/1 Mercurey, Jimmy Du Seuil, 200/1 The Grey Man.

Previous Years

2023 Impaire Et Passe 5 11-7 P Townend 5/2 (W P Mullins)
2022 Sir Gerhard 7 11-7 P Townend 8/11Fav (W P Mullins)
2021 Bob Olinger 6 11-7 Rachael Blackmore 6/4Fav (Henry De Bromhead)
2020 Envoi Allen 6 11-7 D N Russell 4/7Fav (Gordon Elliott)
2019 City Island 6 11-7 M P Walsh 8/1 (Martin Brassil)
2018 Samcro 6 11-7 J W Kennedy 8/11Fav (Gordon Elliott)
2017 Willoughby Court 6 11-7 David Bass 14/1 (B Pauling)
2016 Yorkhill 6 11-7 R Walsh 3/1 (W P Mullins)
2015 Windsor Park 6 11-7 D N Russell 9/2 (D K Weld)
2014 Faugheen 6 11-7 R Walsh 6/4Fav (W P Mullins)
2013 The New One 5 11-7 Sam Twiston-Davies 7/2 (Nigel Twiston-Davies)
2012 Simonsig 6 11-7 B J Geraghty 2/1Fav (Nicky Henderson)
2011 First Lieutenant 6 11-7 D N Russell 7/1 (M F Morris)
2010 Peddlers Cross 5 11-7 J M Maguire 7/1 (Donald McCain)
2009 Mikael D'Haguenet 5 11-7 R Walsh 5/2Fav (W P Mullins)
2008 Fiveforthree 6 11-7 R Walsh 7-1 (W P Mullins)
2007 Massini's Maguire 6 11-7 R Johnson 20/1 (Philip Hobbs)
2006 Nicanor 5 11-7 P Carberry 17/2 (Noel Meade)
2005 No Refuge 5 11-7 G Lee 17/2 (J H Johnson)
2004 Fundamentalist 6 11-7 C Llewellyn 12/1 (Nigel Twiston-Davies)
2003 Hardy Eustace 6 11-7 K A Kelly 6/1 (D T Hughes)
2002 Galileo 6 11-7 J M Maguire 12/1 (Tom George)
2001 Abandoned
2000 Monsignor 6 11-7 N Williamson 5/4Fav (M Pitman)
1999 Barton 6 11-7 L Wyer 2/1Fav (Tim Easterby)
1998 French Holly 7 11-7 A Thornton 2/1Fav (Ferdy Murphy)
1997 Istabraq 5 11-7 C F Swan 6/5Fav (A P O'Brien)
1996 Urubande 6 11-7 C Swan 8/1 (A P O'Brien)
1995 Putty Road 5 11-7 N Williamson 7/1 (D Nicholson)
1994 Danoli 6 11-7 C Swan 7/4Fav (Thomas Foley)
1993 Gaelstrom 6 11-2 C Llewellyn 16/1 (Nigel Twiston-Davies)
1992 Thetford Forest 5 11-7 RDunwoody 7/1 (D Nicholson)
1991 Crystal Spirit 4 10-12 JFrost 2/1Fav (I A Balding)
1990 Regal Ambition 6 11-7 P Scudamore 3/1Fav (M C Pipe)

Symbols Explained

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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.

Trainer/Jockey In Form last 21 days

Trainer/Jockey
Wins
Runs
%
W P Mullins/Mr P W Mullins
6
14
42

W P Mullins/B Hayes
5
15
33

W P Mullins/P Townend
3
16
18

W P Mullins/D E Mullins
1
12
8

For Trainer/Jockeys in this race

Trainers In Form last 21 days

Trainer
Wins
Runs
%
W P Mullins
125
415
30

For Trainers in this race

Jockeys In Form last 21 days

Jockey
Wins
Runs
%
Mr P W Mullins
6
14
42

B Hayes
5
21
23

P Townend
3
16
18

D E Mullins
2
38
5

Harry Cobden
2
9
22

For Jockeys in this race

NH Trainer Stats for Cheltenham

Trainer
Wins
Runs
%
Nicky Henderson
144
1056
14

W P Mullins
114
956
12

B Pauling
14
238
6

Harriet Dickin
0
9
0

For Trainers in this race

NH Trainer Stats for Cheltenham

Jockey
Wins
Runs
%
N de Boinville
56
319
18

Harry Cobden
48
402
12

P Townend
45
266
17

Mr P W Mullins
12
126
10

D E Mullins
9
155
6

S F O'Keeffe
4
57
7

B Hayes
3
58
5

Benjamin Poste
0
43
0

For Jockeys in this race

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