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14:00 Punchestown
Min has won on first run of the season for the last three years and despite this looking like a decent little contest he should take all the beating today. He should appreciate the step back up to this trip and can give trainer Willie Mullins his fourth win in this race in the last six years.
Balko Des Flos put in a cracking run to beat Un De Sceaux in last seasons’ Ryanair Chase at The Cheltenham Festival and has winning form over course and distance, but was disappointing on seasonal re-appearance at Down Royal Last month so will need to step up on that performance if he is get competitive here, so the bigger danger looks to be Shattered Love who was also a Festival winner in March and had a much more encouraging start to the season when a close second to Snow Falcon just over a month ago.
MIN (WIN) – NAP