5:30 Leopardstown Tips

With Patrick Mullins choosing to ride Room For One More, it looks likely that this is the yard's first choice, although it doesn't always work out that way. Apparently working well at home, and connections are hopeful of a winning debut. The 15/8 looks good value and is more than likely to shorten up.

She fell two out when evens favourite on debut in a point-to-point, and she was only one length behind the leader at the time. Her dam, Bargy Lady, was a bumper winner. She is a sister to smart bumper winner Mount Ida and a half-sister to high-class bumper winner Sizing Tennessee.

I love the pedigree of the two Mullins runners (Ruby Grace is related to Rock On Ruby and Room For One More is related to the great Hurricane Fly). But at the prices I will have to take a swing at Shadonagh, who also has an eye-catching pedigree. She is by the sire of the season, Poet's Word, and out of the King's Theatre mare Dawn Shadow, who is related to numerous good horses such as Shadow Eile and Corskeagh Royale and many other winners. Her trainer has bumper winners from time to time, and at the price she is worth a swing.