Sean mc namara

Johnny Murtagh is double-handed here. He might have an each-way squeak with his second string, Mashhoor. He hadn’t been in the best of form and might have lost his way a bit, but put all that in his rearview mirror last time out when he finished a close-up 5th of 13 (beaten 1.5 lengths) in a 100k handicap at the Curragh. He met interference at the 2f pole and was forced to switch and might have won. All that said, it shows he’s rediscovering that old form which saw him win a listed and a Group 3. The trip poses no issue. The draw hasn’t been kind, but there’s so much luck needed here; it’s all about the breaks. I’ll roll the dice.